no obj., with adverbial
1- look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something凝视, 盯着看, 费力地看：
Blake screwed up his eyes, trying to peer through the fog.
布莱克眯起双眼, 尽力透过大雾凝视。
1.1
- be just visible隐现, 微现：
the two towers peer over the roofs.
越过房顶, 这两座塔隐约可见。
1.2
- no obj. archaic come into view; appear〈古〉看见, 出现。
词源
late 16th cent.: perhaps a variant of dialect pire; perhaps partly from a shortening of APPEAR.
1
- a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron（英国或爱尔兰有爵位的）贵族（分公、侯、伯、子、男五等）。
- In the British peerage, earldoms and baronetcies were the earliest to be conferred; dukes were created from 1337, marquesses from the end of the 14th century, and viscounts from 1440. Such peerages are hereditary, although since 1958 there have also been non-hereditary life peerages. Peers are entitled to a seat in the House of Lords and exemption from jury service; they are debarred from election to the House of Commons.
2
- a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person同辈; 同龄人; 同等地位的人, （才能）相匹敌的人：
he has incurred much criticism from his academic peers.
从与他学术相当的文人那里, 他招致很多的批评。
- archaic make or become equal with or of the same rank〈古〉使与…相当, 使与…地位相等。
短语
without peer
- unequalled; unrivalled无与伦比的, 无可匹敌的：
he is a goalkeeper without peer.
他是一个无与伦比的守门员。
词源
Middle English: from Old French peer, from Latin par 'equal'.