| 释义 |
peering, ppl. a.|ˈpɪərɪŋ|
[f. peer v.2 + -ing2.]
That peers; looking narrowly and curiously; ‘peeping’, just appearing.
1629Milton Nativity 140 Hell it self will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day. 1765Foote Commissary i. Wks. 1799 II. 15 The ten bags of tea, and the cargo of brandy, them peering rascals took from me in Sussex, has quite broken my back. 1802Noble Wanderers II. 83 A tender plant, whose peering blossoms have been blighted by some chilling blast. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 236 Down on the sea-farers did he gaze now With curious peering eyes.
Hence ˈpeeringly adv.
1840Tait's Mag. VII. 503 Jack..squinted peeringly at his revered father. 1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career I. viii. 115 An Austrian sentinel looked on passively, and a police inspector peeringly. |