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单词 leer
释义
leerleer /lɪə $ lɪr/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINleer
Origin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from leer ‘cheek, face’ (11-19 centuries), from Old English hleor
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
leer
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyleer
he, she, itleers
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyleered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave leered
he, she, ithas leered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad leered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill leer
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have leered
Continuous Form
PresentIam leering
he, she, itis leering
you, we, theyare leering
PastI, he, she, itwas leering
you, we, theywere leering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been leering
he, she, ithas been leering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been leering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be leering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been leering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • "Hey, baby. Do you like what you see?" he said, leering.
  • My boss was a disgusting man who used to leer at me whenever he passed by my desk.
  • Stopping his work for a second, the garage attendant leered at the girls in the car.
  • The man with the gold tooth leered and slapped his hand on her knee.
  • The old man leered suggestively at the waitress.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto look at someone in a way that shows you are sexually interested in them
to look and smile at someone in a way that shows a strong sexual interest, especially so that people feel a little frightened, embarrassed, or offended: · "Hey, baby. Do you like what you see?" he said, leering.leer at: · The old man leered suggestively at the waitress.· Stopping his work for a second, the garage attendant leered at the girls in the car.
to look at someone in an offensive way that shows you are sexually attracted to their body: · A group of men were ogling her from a bench across the street.· The beach was full of teenage boys who had come to ogle the girls in bikinis.
British informal to look at someone in a way that shows that you are sexually interested in them: eye somebody up/eye up somebody: · I'm not sure if he's eyeing me up or just staring at me.· Those two have been eyeing each other up all evening.
to make it clear to someone that you are sexually attracted to them by looking at them in a way that gets their attention: · Did you see those two making eyes at each other across the table?
a smile
the look on your face when you make your mouth curve upwards to show that you are happy, friendly, amused etc: · Helga has a lovely smile.· Johnny's broad smile changed slowly to a frown.· 'Hi,' said Sophie, with the most radiant smile I have ever seen.break into a smile (=to suddenly start smiling): · She clapped her hands and broke into one of her huge smiles.give somebody a smile (=smile at them): · Barry gave the old lady a warm smile.with a smile on your face: · He fell asleep with a contented smile on his face.have a smile on your face: · She's really happy for me; she has a big smile on her face.
a big happy smile: · Her face broke into a delighted grin. · Joel gave her a wicked grin.· The television camera captured his sheepish grin as he stepped from the train.give somebody a grin (=grin at them): · William gave her a friendly grin as he walked past.
an unpleasant, satisfied smile, for example when you are pleased about someone else's bad luck or when you think you know something that they do not know: · Penny's lips curved in a superior smirk as he rushed from the room.
an unpleasant or threatening smile, showing an unwelcome sexual interest in someone: · He leaned over the girl with a leer and she could smell the whisky on his breath.· The look on my cousin's face changed from its usual cocky leer to one of complete bewilderment.
an unpleasant, offensive smile, that shows that you think that someone is stupid or that you are better than them: · "And what's your name?" he demanded, his lip curling into a sneer.
to smile in an unpleasant way
to smile in an unpleasant way, for example because you are pleased about someone else's bad luck or because you know something that they do not know: · She sits there smirking as if she's the only one who knows the answer.· 'You realise you'll be stuck out here on your own, don't you?' he smirked. (=said with a smirk)smirk at: · What are you smirking at?
to smile in a way that is unpleasant or threatening and that shows unwelcome sexual interest in someone: · The man with the gold tooth leered and slapped his hand on her knee.leer at: · My boss was a disgusting man who used to leer at me whenever he passed by my desk.
to smile in an unpleasant and offensive way that shows you think someone is stupid or less good than you: · As she read the letter, she started to sneer.· Some clients would sneer or smile sarcastically when I showed them my old laptop -- until they saw what it could do.sneer at: · She'd not forgotten how Gareth had laughed and sneered at them when they'd first tried to be friendly.
to look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows that you think they are sexually attractiveleer at She was sick of old men leering at her.leer noun [countable]
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