Peer

(noun.) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group.

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

(verb.) look searchingly; 'We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around'.

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• And he struck the Peer twice over the face with his open hand and flung him bleeding to the ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He might have been a Peer if he had played his cards better. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He was a peer of France, and certainly one of the best bred and most imposingly respectable men I ever had the good fortune to meet with. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• May I ask if you expect some man of title--some peer of the realm--to demand your hand? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Then I raised myself to the top of the outer wall of the prison, just so that I could peer over and locate the passing sentry. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• There was scarce one of the ladies that hadn't a relation a Peer, though the husband might be a drysalter in the City. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He has not his peer, she thought. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They were rather on the level of the great land-owning dukes and peers of France and England. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mr Venus, always in exceedingly low spirits and making whimpering sounds, peers about for the stuffed canary. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Even in good men there is such an irregular wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• An ample estate was allotted to them, and they took the first rank among the peers of Great Britain. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Twelve cannon cast by Louis VII were named after the twelve peers of France, and Charles V gave twelve others the names of the twelve apostles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Did you never observe how the mind of a clever rogue peers out of his eyes, and the more clearly he sees, the more evil he does? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Philip was a king after the old pattern, a leader-king, first among his peers, of the ancient Nordic Aryan type. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She turned out the wall-lights, and peered at herself between the candle-flames. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• On, on they came until Kerchak himself slunk stealthily to the very door and peered within. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The brilliantly lighted apartments of the first floor told me where first to seek, and advancing to the windows I peered within. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I ran across the heath and peered through the trees. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Mr. Philander rolled over upon his side and peered about. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Were you looking for me,' he said, 'when you peered in at the window? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I lay upon my face and peered over with the spray spouting up all around me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Suddenly Mrs Crich came noiselessly into the room, peering about with her strong, clear face. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Musgrave still stood with a very pale face, swinging his lantern and peering down into the hole. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• All right, shouted Maurice, who, lying flat on his stomach, was peering over. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I therefore drew near and discovered that the possessor of the peering face was none other than Sab Than. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• At the same instant the sun shot above the horizon, disclosing a hundred grim, black faces peering over the stern of the battleship upon us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In the middle of it was the black figure of the secretary, his head advanced, peering out into the night. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• It grew broader, and a woman appeared with a lamp in her hand, which she held above her head, pushing her face forward and peering at us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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