词汇 | peered |
释义 | peered past simple and past participle ofpeer peer verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] uk /pɪər/ us /pɪr/ C2 to look carefully or with difficulty: 仔细看,端详;费力地看 peer throughWhen no one answered the door, she peered through the window to see if anyone was there.没有人开门,她就费力地透过窗户朝里望去,看是否有人在。 The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign.司机费力地看着远方,想要看清路标。 to look at someone or something lookLook over there! A rainbow! watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past. glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there. peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening. peekHe peeked inside the box. stareDon't stare at people like that - it's rude. I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside.我透过窗帘的缝隙往里瞧,看见他们都在里面。 They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below.他们靠在栏杆上向下凝视令人眩晕的深渊。 We peered through the crack in the floorboards.我们透过地板块之间的缝隙使劲看。 The car nosed out of the side street, its driver peering anxiously around.司机一边紧张地四下张望,一边小心翼翼地把车驶出小路。 She peered closely at the map. Using the eyes accommodate accommodation all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom astigmatic beholder cast chart corner discern fix glare have a butcher'sidiom penetrating re-see re-sight rest on someone/something resurvey rubbernecking sighting tab Examples of peeredpeered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The slatted roof kept the public from the rain, while eyes of eager schoolboys peered through the slated fence. Quite a few people peered into her eyes. He peered into a couple of rooms and then finally saw a lone figure with his back to the door, hunched over a table. He peered out of his curtains looking outside his house. Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space. A gunboat mentality has peered out through practically every sentence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before they went to bed at night they must have peered under the bed to see whether anyone was lurking there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They peered over the barbed wire to see their land to the east empty with between three and six people per square kilometre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was referring to one ugly face which had peered round the corner of the capitalist system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am on record as saying that, when the scare blew up in 1988, we immediately seized the wrong end of the telescope through which we peered at the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was reminded of the actor who peered out from behind the stage curtains at the theatre and discovered that there were only two people present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We peered over the top and the view was surreal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They brought the bird before their emperor, who peered into the mirror and saw warriors mounted on deer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Observing that most jewelry in shop windows he peered into followed the same styles and dimensions, he started his own firm in 1956. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. People peered from windows and rooftops for their first glimpse of this western army. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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