Lạ lùng, kỳ quặc

Khả nghi, đáng ngờ

There's something queer about him

Hắn ta có vẻ khả nghi

Khó ở, khó chịu, chóng mặt, không khoẻ

to feel queer

cảm thấy khó chịu

to be queer

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bị ốm

(từ lóng) say rượu

Giả (tiền)

queer money

tiền giả

(từ lóng) đồng tính luyến ái (nhất là nam)

to be in Queen street

(từ lóng) mắc nợ; gặp lúc khó khăn; gặp việc rầy rà

Người đồng tính luyến ái (nhất là nam)

( số nhiều) sự đồng tính luyến ái

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) tiền giả

(từ lóng) làm hại, làm hỏng, làm rối loạn

to queer someone's plan

làm hỏng kế hoạch của ai

to queer the pitch for somebody

chơi xỏ ai; phỗng tay trên ai

Làm cho cảm thấy khó chịu

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đẩy vào một tình thế lúng túng bất lợi

Adj.

Odd, strange, different, peculiar, funny, curious,uncommon, unconventional, unorthodox, atypical, singular,exceptional, anomalous, extraordinary, unusual, weird, bizarre,uncanny, unnatural, freakish, remarkable, offbeat, irregular,unparalleled, incongruous, outlandish, outr‚, exotic, eccentric,fey, quaint, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, unexampled: How doyou explain Basil's queer behaviour at the office party? Herattire could only be described as queer, given her age andstatus. 2 questionable, dubious, suspicious, suspect, doubtful,puzzling, mysterious, Colloq fishy, shady: We had a feelingthat something queer was going on when the clocks startedrunning backwards. 3 (slightly) ill, queasy, sick, unwell,poorly, faint, uneasy, dizzy, giddy, vertiginous, light-headed:It's not surprising that you feel queer after drinking all thatwine. 4 mad, unbalanced, unhinged, demented, deranged, insane,daft, touched, Colloq dotty, potty, nutty, nuts, loony, batty,cracked: Francis seems to have gone a bit queer - fancieshimself a reincarnation of Cicero.

V.

Ruin, spoil, bungle, botch, muddle, muff, mar, wreck,destroy, Colloq make a hash or mess of, gum up (the works),Slang muck up, screw up, louse up, US ball up, Taboo slang Britballs up: Grimstone queered the deal by telling the buyer thecompany was worth half what we were asking.

Adj., n., & v.

Adj.

Strange; odd; eccentric.

Shady;suspect; of questionable character.

A slightly ill; giddy;faint. b Brit. sl. drunk.

Derog. sl. (esp. of a man)homosexual.

N. derog. sl. a homosexual.

V.tr. sl.spoil; put out of order.

In Queer Street sl. in a difficulty,in debt or trouble or disrepute. queer a person's pitch spoil aperson's chances, esp. secretly or maliciously.

Queerish adj.queerly adv. queerness n. [perh. f. G quer oblique (asTHWART)]