queer

adjective

/kwɪə(r)/

/kwɪr/

(comparative queerer, superlative queerest)

Idioms

(old-fashioned) strange or unusual奇怪的；反常的 synonym odd
- His face was a queer pink colour.他满脸奇怪的粉红色。
- She had a queer feeling that she was being watched.她有种奇怪的感觉，觉得有人在监视她。
- I was beginning to feel very queer.我开始觉得很奇怪。
- It all sounds a bit queer to me.我觉得这一切听起来有点奇怪。
(taboo, slang) an offensive way of describing a gay person, especially a man, which is, however, also used by some gay people about themselves娘儿们似的；妖里妖气的Topics People in societyc2

词源early 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.

Idioms

an odd/a queer fish

(old-fashioned, British English) a person who is slightly strange or crazy古怪的人；有些荒唐的人Topics Personal qualitiesc2

noun

/kwɪə(r)/

/kwɪr/

(taboo, slang)

an offensive word for a gay person, especially a man, which is, however, also used by some gay people about themselves同性恋者；假娘儿们
词源early 16th cent.: considered to be from German quer ‘oblique, perverse’, but the origin is doubtful.

verb

/kwɪə(r)/

/kwɪr/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they queer	/kwɪə(r)/ /kwɪr/
he / she / it queers	/kwɪəz/ /kwɪrz/
past simple queered	/kwɪəd/ /kwɪrd/
past participle queered	/kwɪəd/ /kwɪrd/
-ing form queering	/ˈkwɪərɪŋ/ /ˈkwɪrɪŋ/

Idioms

queer somebody’s pitch | queer the pitch (for somebody)

(British English, informal) to cause somebody’s plans to fail or to destroy their chances of getting something破坏…的计划（或机会）

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