peer

英 [pɪə(r)] 美 [pɪr]

• n. 同辈；同等的人；贵族
• vi. 凝视；窥视

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 凝视,盯着看

   look very carefully or hard, especially as if not able to see clearly

n. (名词)

1. [C]贵族

   a member of any of five noble ranks

2. [C]同辈; 同龄人

   a person of the same age, class

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 贵族，贵族成员
2. 同辈，同事，同龄人，同等的人，同等地位的人，身份相同的人
3. 上院议员，高层人士
4. 伙伴，同伴
5. 对等设备

adj. 形容词

1. (年龄、地位等)同等的，相匹敌的

v. 动词

1. 凝视，盯着看，瞪着看，端详
2. 隐约出现，朦胧出现，出现，隐约可见
3. 封…为贵族
4. 可与...相比，和...同等，与…匹敌
5. 同等，比得上
6. 窥视

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

2. a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

Verb:

1. look searchingly;

   "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Children are easily influenced by their peers.
   孩子很容易受同辈影响。
2. He was valued by both his peer and his superiors.
   他的同级和上级都很器重他。
3. The opinions of his peers are more important to him than his parents' ideas.
   在他看来，他同辈人的观点比他父母的观点更为重要。
4. It will not be easy to find his peer.
   很不容易找到像他那样的人.
5. He was created a peer of the UK in 2005.
   他在2005年被封为英国的贵族。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. She peers through the mist, trying to find the right path.
   她透过雾眯着眼看，想找出正确的路。
2. She peer at me over the top of her glasses.
   她从眼镜上方盯着我看。
3. The cloud of data flowing through their workstations forms a clear digital globe for them to peer into.
   这些云聚的数据流过他们的工作站，形成了一种清澈的数据世界，让他们能够窥视其究竟。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He peered at his father's face.
   他凝视着他父亲的脸。
2. She peers into my eyes.
   她盯着我的眼睛。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Armstrong is a peer.
   阿姆斯特朗是一个贵族。
2. As peers, we will help each other.
   作为同龄人,我们应该互相帮助。

经典引文

• Some of those men were the peers of the best European statesmen of the time.

  出自： J. Bryce

• Curious faces peered from the windows.

  出自： L. M. Montgomery

• He peered, trying to discern the shadowy intruders.

  出自： I. Murdoch

• Leaning into the shaft, peering down into the darkness.

  出自： P. Dickinson

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• peer anxiously 不安地凝视

～+介词

• peer at 凝视
• peer at the traffic lights 注视着交通灯
• peer out from 从…往外看
• peer into sb's eyes 盯着某人的眼睛
• peer into the distance 凝视着远方

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• hereditary peer 〈英〉世袭上议院议员

名词+～

• life peer 〈英〉终身职的上议院议员

介词+～

• without a peer 无双的

词义辨析

v. (动词)

peer, discern, peep

• 这组词都有“看”的意思，其区别是：
• peep常指躲在某物(如窗帘)后通过缝隙偷看；peer常指因看不清楚而费力地盯着看,看时多是身体前倾；discern也是费力地看,但含有“辨认”“认出”的意思。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自盎格鲁法语的peir；最初源自古典拉丁语的par，意为平等的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• gaze
• glare
• look
• stare

【反义词】

• peeress 贵族夫人