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blind

/blahynd/US // blaɪnd //UK // (blaɪnd) //

盲人,盲目,盲目的,瞎子

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    blind·er, blind·est.

    • : unable to see; having severely impaired or absolutely no sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
    • : unwilling or unable to perceive or understand: They were blind to their children's faults. He was blind to all arguments.
    • : not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind tenacity; blind chance.
    • : not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning: She had blind faith in his fidelity.
    • : lacking all consciousness or awareness: a blind stupor.
    • : drunk.
    • : hard to see or understand: blind reasoning.
    • : hidden from immediate view, especially from oncoming motorists: a blind corner.
    • : of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously: a blind ad signed only with a box number.
    • : having no outlets; closed at one end: a blind passage; a blind mountain pass.
    • : Architecture. having no windows, passageways, or the like.
    • : dense enough to form a screen: a blind hedge of privet.
    • : done without seeing; by instruments alone: blind flying.
    • : made without some prior knowledge: a blind purchase; a blind lead in a card game.
    • : of or relating to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
    • : of, relating to, or for blind persons.
    • : Bookbinding. impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil.
    • : Cooking. baked or fried without the filling.
    • : made so that the end inserted, though inaccessible, can be headed or spread.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.: The explosion blinded him.We were blinded by the bright lights.
    • : to make obscure or dark: The room was blinded by heavy curtains.
    • : to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment: a resentment that blinds his good sense.
    • : to outshine; eclipse: a radiance that doth blind the sun.
n.名词 noun
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    • : something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
    • : a window covering having horizontal or vertical slats that can be drawn out of the way, often with the angle of the slats adjustable to admit varying amounts of light.
    • : venetian blind.
    • : Chiefly Midland U.S. and British. window shade.
    • : a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, especially one in which hunters conceal themselves: a duck blind.
    • : an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge: The store was just a blind for their gambling operation.
    • : a decoy.
    • : Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree.
    • : Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand.
    • : Usually the blind . persons who lack the sense of sight: The blind are said to have an acute sense of hearing.
adv.副词 adverb
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    • : into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost: He drank himself blind.
    • : without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly: They were driving blind through the snowstorm.
    • : without guidance or forethought: They were working blind and couldn't anticipate the effects of their actions.
    • : to an extreme or absolute degree; completely: The confidence men cheated her blind.

Phrases

  • blind alley
  • blind as a bat
  • blind leading the blind
  • blind side
  • blind spot
  • fly blind
  • rob someone blind
  • turn a blind eye

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.indifferent
adj.hidden or covered

Examples

  • So, it’s definitely like the blind person figuring out where the stove is in the room.

  • Digging further into the data reveals only larger blind spots.

  • I was so blinded by how beautiful they were, how great bedtime was.

  • When Walter became blind and hard of hearing, Margaret helped him in the voting booth.

  • Carefully crafted engagement cannot come from buying generic, context-blind ad exposures to consumers that simply “check the box” for a given sociodemographic or online behavior.

  • The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.

  • And in this era of impact-blind, across-the-board budget cuts, we see an opportunity.

  • What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.

  • Sandra Bullock won for ‘The Blind Side’ and Al Pacino lost for both Godfather movies.

  • Strandf could photograph anything from a blind woman to a picket fence and make the image indelible.

  • On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.

  • The blind Samson of labor will seize upon the pillars of society and bring them down in a common destruction.

  • I do not wholly like these cold and stately English, yet I think I am not blind to their many sterling qualities.

  • And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

  • It is a blind act of unconscious absorption, however little be absorbed.