| 单词 | queer |
| 释义 | queer —queerly, adv. —queerness, n. /kwear/, adj., queerer, queerest, v. , n. adj. 1. strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice. 2. of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady: Something queer about the language of the prospectus kept investors away. 3. not feeling physically right or well; giddy, faint, or qualmish: to feel queer. 4. mentally unbalanced or deranged. 5. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a. homosexual. b. effeminate; unmanly. 6. Slang. bad, worthless, or counterfeit. v.t. 7. to spoil; ruin. 8. to put (a person) in a hopeless or disadvantageous situation as to success, favor, etc. 9. to jeopardize. 10. queer the pitch, Brit. Informal. to spoil the chances of success. n. 11. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a homosexual, esp. a male homosexual. 12. Slang. counterfeit money. [1500-10; perh. < G quer oblique, cross, adverse] Syn. 1. unconventional, curious, freakish, eccentric, weird. See strange. Ant. 1. ordinary. |
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