peer
[piә]
n. 等, 匹敌, 贵族

vi. 凝视, 窥视, 费看,

vt. ...等, 封贵族



peer
[ noun ]

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

<noun.person>

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

<noun.person>

[ verb ]

1. look searchingly

<verb.perception>
We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around

Peer \Peer\, n. [OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal.
Cf. {Apparel}, {Pair}, {Par}, n., {Umpire}.]
1. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character,
etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.

In song he never had his peer. --Dryden.

Shall they consort only with their peers? --I.
Taylor.

2. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.

He all his peers in beauty did surpass. --Spenser.

3. A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the
British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount,
baron; as, a peer of the realm.

A noble peer of mickle trust and power. --Milton.

{House of Peers}, {The Peers}, the British House of Lords.
See {Parliament}.

{Spiritual peers}, the bishops and archibishops, or lords
spiritual, who sit in the House of Lords.


Peer \Peer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Peering}.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para[^i]tre to
appear, L. parere. Cf. {Appear}.]
1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic]

So honor peereth in the meanest habit. --Shak.

See how his gorget peers above his gown! --B.
Jonson.

2. [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf.
{Pry} to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently;
to peep; as, the peering day. --Milton.

Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads.
--Shak.

As if through a dungeon grate he peered.
--Coleridge.


Peer \Peer\ v. t.
To make equal in rank. [R.] --Heylin.


Peer \Peer\ v. t.
To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.]