leer
[liә]
n. 波, 媚, 恶意瞥视

vi. 送波, 抛媚, 斜睨

[] 退火炉



leer
leer
[ noun ]

1. a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

<noun.communication>

2. a suggestive or sneering look or grin

<noun.attribute>

[ verb ]

1. look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression

<verb.perception>
The men leered at the young women on the beach

Leer \Leer\, v. t.
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
--Dryden.


Leer \Leer\ (l[=e]r), v. t.
To learn. [Obs.] See {Lere}, to learn.


Leer \Leer\, a. [OE. lere; akin to G. leer, OHG. & OS. l[=a]ri.]
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Empty; destitute; wanting; as:
(a) Empty of contents. ``A leer stomach.'' --Gifford.
(b) Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a
leer horse. --B. Jonson.
(c) Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as,
leer words.


Leer \Leer\, n.
An oven in which glassware is annealed.


Leer \Leer\, n. [OE. lere cheek, face, look, AS. hle['o]r cheek,
face; akin to OS. hlear, hlior, OD. lier, Icel. hl[=y]r.]
1. The cheek. [Obs.] --Holinshed.

2. Complexion; aspect; appearance. [Obs.]

A Rosalind of a better leer than you. --Shak.

3. A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance
of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.

With jealous leer malign
Eyed them askance. --Milton.

She gives the leer of invitation. --Shak.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer.
--Pope.


Leer \Leer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leered} (l[=e]rd); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Leering}.]
To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive
expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc.; to cast a
sidelong lustful or malign look.

I will leerupon him as a' comes by. --Shak.

The priest, above his book,
Leering at his neighbor's wife. --Tennyson.