英语词汇“peer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	peer
释义	peer I. \ˈpi(ə)r, -iə\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English peer, peere, from Old French per, from per, adjective, equal, from Latin par — more at pair 1. a. : one that is of the same or equal standing (as in law, rank, quality, age, ability) with another : equal < scholars of the first rank welcomed him as their peer — B.W.Bond > < an electrode material without peer — B.W.Gamson > < boys and girls in their teens … form groups of their peers — Martha M. Eliot > b. : a fellow citizen < a jury of his peers > 2. archaic : companion, fellow 3. a. : a member of one of the five ranks of the British peerage (as a duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron) b. : a man of high rank or position in any country or organization that recognizes different orders : noble < high capital of Satan and his peers — John Milton > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English peeren, peren, from peer, peere, n. archaic : to equal in rank : be the peer of : rival, match III. adjective Etymology: peer (I) : belonging to the same group in society especially when membership is determined by age, grade, or status < a peer group of adolescents > < school children oriented to peer culture values, rather than adult ones > IV. obsolete variant of pier V. \ˈpi(ə)r, -iə\ intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: perhaps by shortening & alteration from appear 1. : to look intently or curiously : stare < the natives … were peering from behind trees — Francis Birtles > < peering impudently into your face — L.C.Douglas > especially : to look searchingly at something difficult to discern < peering into the distance > < drove … and began to peer at the signs on street corners — Raymond Chandler > 2. : to come slightly into view : emerge partly : peep out < when daffodils begin to peer — Shakespeare > < a vast white cloud, through which the sun peered — Francis Kingdon-Ward > 3. archaic : appear < darkly a project peers upon my mind — John Home > Synonyms: see gaze VI. \ˈpēr\ Scotland variant of poor
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