queer

adjective

🔊/kwɪə(r)/

🔊/kwɪr/

(comparative queerer, superlative queerest)

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(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.她有被监视的奇怪感觉。
- I was beginning to feel very queer.我开始感到很奇怪。
- It all sounds a bit queer to me.这听起来对我来说有点奇怪。
(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

Word Originearly 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)

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

verb

🔊/kwɪə(r)/

🔊/kwɪr/

Verb Forms

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/

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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）