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leer

verb
🔊/lɪə(r)/
🔊/lɪr/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they leer
🔊/lɪə(r)/
🔊/lɪr/
he / she / it leers
🔊/lɪəz/
🔊/lɪrz/
past simple leered
🔊/lɪəd/
🔊/lɪrd/
past participle leered
🔊/lɪəd/
🔊/lɪrd/
-ing form leering
🔊/ˈlɪərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈlɪrɪŋ/
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  1. leer (at somebody) to look or smile at somebody in an unpleasant way that shows an evil or sexual interest in them邪恶地（或色迷迷地）看；奸笑；淫笑
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘look sideways or askance’): perhaps from obsolete leer ‘cheek’, from Old English hlēor, as though the sense were ‘to glance over one's cheek’.

leer

noun
🔊/lɪə(r)/
🔊/lɪr/
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  1. an unpleasant look or smile that shows somebody is interested in a person in an evil or sexual way邪恶的（或色迷迷的）目光；奸笑；淫笑
    • He looked at her with an evil leer.他用不怀好意的目光看着她。🔊🔊
    Topics Appearancec2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘look sideways or askance’): perhaps from obsolete leer ‘cheek’, from Old English hlēor, as though the sense were ‘to glance over one's cheek’.