English Dictionary

queer

IPA（発音記号）

/kwiːɹ/

形容詞

イギリス英語 古風 くだけた表現 俗語 口語 軽蔑的 時々 広義

(dated outside Scotland and Ulster) Weird, odd or different; whimsical. / (Britain, informal, dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in "to feel queer"). / (Britain, slang) Drunk.

日本語の意味

奇妙で風変わりな、異なる; 気まぐれな / （英国、口語で、時代遅れ）やや体調不良な（特に「feel queer」で用いられる） / （英国、スラング）酔っぱらった

She gave a queer smile that made everyone around the table uneasy.

彼女は周りの人々を不安にさせる奇妙な笑みを浮かべた。

意味（1）

(dated outside Scotland and Ulster) Weird, odd or different; whimsical.

An old long-faced, long-bodied servant, gave a queer look

意味（2）

(Britain, informal, dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in "to feel queer").

Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. … When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.

意味（3）

(Britain, slang) Drunk.

意味（4）

(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Homosexual.

意味（5）

(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Not heterosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

意味（6）

(broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.

the queer community

queerer （ comparative ）

queerest （ superlative ）