peer
- IPA[pir]
美式
- a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron；a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person
- make or become equal with or of the same rank
noun: peer, plural noun: peers
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the House of Lords 同義詞
- 2. a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person he has incurred much criticism from his academic peers 同義詞
動詞
- 1. archaic make or become equal with or of the same rank the Thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home of Homer it is said that none could ever peer him for poetry
片語
