peer
noun
verb
pɪə noun
1 your peers are the people who are the same age as you, or who have the same type of job, social class etc [正式] 同龄人; 社会地位相同的人 usually plural 一般用复数 | formal
American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan.
美国儿童的数学成绩比不上日本的同龄儿童。
Staff members are trained by their peers.
员工接受同事的培训。
2 a member of the British NOBILITY 〔英国的〕贵族;
verb
3 to look very carefully at something, especially because you are having difficulty seeing it 〔尤指因看起来费劲而〕盯看,凝视
He was peering through the wet windscreen at the cars ahead.
他正费力地透过淋湿的风挡盯视着前方的汽车。
Philippa peered into the darkness.
菲利帕凝视着暗处。