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leer /lɪə $ lɪr/ verb [intransitive] SMILEto look at someone in an unpleasant way that shows that you think they are sexually attractive 色迷迷地斜眼看leer at She was sick of old men leering at her. 她讨厌老男人色迷迷的目光。 —leer noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusleer• "Hey, baby. Do you like what you see?" he said, leering.• The man with the gold tooth leered and slapped his hand on her knee.• My boss was a disgusting man who used to leer at me whenever he passed by my desk.• Stopping his work for a second, the garage attendant leered at the girls in the car.• The old man leered suggestively at the waitress.leer at• The man leered at her from the other end of the bar.Origin leer (1500-1600) Perhaps from leer “cheek, face” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English hleorleer verbChinese Corpus someone that to unpleasant shows in look way at an |