peer:
n. 同等地位的人,同龄人贵族
v. 凝视,盯着看隐现看见匹配
I peered at the operation manual of the machine.
我仔细看了一下这台机器的使用说明书。
This young man strives to peer the laws of the world.
这位年轻男子力求让世界上的法律变得平等。
peek:
v. 窥视,偷看微微露出,探出
n. 偷看一瞥,看一眼(计算机)读取数据
I took a peek outside the window, and the street was empty.
我瞥了一眼窗外,街上空无一人。
The teacher asked the children to close their eyes and not peek.
老师要求小朋友们闭上眼睛不能偷看。
If I'm passing by I might take a peek at the new school.
如果我路过那个新的学校的话 可能会去看上一眼。
I took a quick peek inside.
我匆匆向里面偷看了一眼。
peer和peek的区别
peek,和peep是同义词,快速地看,或偷看但如果只是快速瞥一眼,则用peek而不是peep。
而用在偷偷看的时候peep,peek都可以,peek更常用。
例句, The lady who lives across the street peeps (or peeks) through a small opening in her curtains to see what I'm up to in the yard.
peer, 英文解释“to look searchingly at something difficult to discern",为了分辨或看清某物而仔细地看,即注视,凝视,盯着看。 例句, I have to peer at a coin when I'm trying to read the tiny date.
例句,"I can discern no difference between the two policies."