peer
/pɪə(r); pɪr/ n
1
(a) [C] person who is equal to another in rank, status or merit （官阶、 等级、 地位或功绩）同等的人
It will not be easy to find his peer. 很不容易找到像他那样的人.
be judged by one's peers 受到与自己地位相同的人的评价.
(b) [C usu pl 通常作复数]
person who is the same age as another 同龄人
He doesn't spend enough time with his peers. 他不大与其同龄人交往.
2 [C] (in Britain) male member of one of the ranks of nobility (eg duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron) （在英国）有爵位的男子（如公、 侯、 伯、 子、 男等贵族）
a `life peer 终身为贵族的男子.
peer / pɪə(r); pɪr/ v [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (at sth/sb) look closely or carefully, esp as if unable to see well 仔细看（尤指似因看不清）
peer shortsightedly 因近视而仔细看
peer at sb over one's spectacles 戴著眼镜认真打量某人
peer into the mist 向雾中张望
peer out of the window/over the wall/through a gap 凝视窗外[隔墙细看/从缝隙中窥视]. =>Usage at look1 用法见look1. Cf 参看 peek, peep1 1.