queerest adj. 奇怪的;同性恋的;不舒服的;心智不平衡的 (queer的变形)
- Thecommuter is the queerest bird of all.
通勤族是纽约人中最古怪的家伙。 - That dark, tender huntress, so full of fire and yearning, had the queerest power of symbolizing all longing, and moving one's heart.
这个发肤黝深的女猎手,情如火燎,实是世间一切渴求的最奇妙不过的象征,而且实在动人。 - 'No, they're not, ' said the White Rabbit, 'and that's the queerest thing about it.'
“不是的,这真是奇怪的事。” 白兔说。
Queer \Queer\ (kw[=e]r), a. [Compar. {Queerer} (kw[=e]r"[~e]r);
superl. {Queerest}.] [G. quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf.
querkopf a queer fellow), {OHG}. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to
D. dvars, AS, [thorn]weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel.
[thorn]verr thwart, transverse, Goth. [thorn]wa[`i]rhs angry,
and perh. to L. torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf.
{Torture}, {Through}, {Thwart}, a.]
1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in
some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular;
strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. `` A queer
look.'' --W. Irving.
2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer
transaction. [Colloq.]
3. homosexual. [disparaging and offensive]
[PJC]