亚洲网紅露点

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peer

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[ peer ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly.
  2. to peep out or appear slightly.
  3. to come into view.


peer

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[ peer ]

noun

  1. a person of the same legal status:

    a jury of one's peers.

  2. a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status.
  3. something of equal worth or quality:

    a skyscraper without peer.

  4. a member of any of the five degrees of the nobility in Great Britain and Ireland (duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron).
    1. a network connected to one or more other networks in a way that routes traffic independently between them in a direct exchange of data.
    2. a computer or device that is connected to others in a network, either directly or through a server.
  5. Archaic. a companion.

verb (used without object)

  1. Computers. (of a network) to be connected with one or more other networks in a way that routes traffic independently between them in a direct exchange of data (usually followed by with ).

peer

1

/ 辫瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. a member of a nobility; nobleman
  2. a person who holds any of the five grades of the British nobility: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron See also life peer
    1. a person who is an equal in social standing, rank, age, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      peer pressure

  3. archaic.
    a companion; mate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

peer

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/ 辫瑟蓹 /

verb

  1. to look intently with or as if with difficulty

    to peer into the distance

  2. to appear partially or dimly

    the sun peered through the fog

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of peer1

First recorded in 1560鈥70; perhaps a variant of appear

Origin of peer2

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English per, from Old French per, from Latin 辫腻谤 鈥渆qual, an equal, partner鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of peer1

C14 (in sense 3): from Old French per, from Latin 辫腻谤 equal

Origin of peer2

C16: from Flemish pieren to look with narrowed eyes
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Synonym Study

See peep 1.
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While the academies鈥 peer institutions have been criticized by Trump administration officials for giving lip service to the free flow of ideas and information, none have been subjected to such blatant censorship鈥攏ot yet.

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Many in the tour group wore rubber boots as they stood on moist concrete in a chamber faintly lit by filtered sunlight, peering into the dark tunnel.

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After retiring, he didn鈥檛 stop feeding into being a basketball sicko 鈥 his words 鈥 or a full-on basketball psycho 鈥 his and his peers鈥 words.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 not a scientific paper. It hasn鈥檛 gone through peer review.鈥

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It was not long before the spectacle of the London Marathon captured his imagination and he nagged his parents to help him peer over the barriers for a closer look at the elites.

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