You might get hit by a baseball and end up blind in one eye, or be temporarily blind after a trip to the eye doctor. The word also means "without looking," as in a blind taste test of three different brands of chocolate milk. A figurative way to be blind is to refuse or be unabl...
c. 1300,pur blind"entirely blind," as a noun, "a blind person," later "partially blind, blind in one eye" (late 14c.), the main modern sense, fromblind(adj.) +pur"entirely, completely, absolutely." The adverb forming the first element is from an identical Middle English adjectivepur...
The accidentblindedhim in one eye. b :to cause (a person or animal) to be unable to see for a short time:dazzle Blindedby the glare of the headlights …, the apparition stood swaying for a moment before he perceived the man in the duster.— ...
c. 1300,pur blind"entirely blind," as a noun, "a blind person," later "partially blind, blind in one eye" (late 14c.), the main modern sense, fromblind(adj.) +pur"entirely, completely, absolutely." The adverb forming the first element is from an identical Middle English adjectivepur...
Blind in One Eye Only: Western and Eastern Knights of Labor View the Chinese QuestionHistorians have been quick to point out the ease with which the Knights of Labor absorbed Gilded Age prejudices regarding the Chinese. In praising the Order's embrace of universal brotherhood with regard to ...
The accidentblindedhim in one eye. b :to cause (a person or animal) to be unable to see for a short time:dazzle Blindedby the glare of the headlights …, the apparition stood swaying for a moment before he perceived the man in the duster.—F. Scott Fitzgerald ...
Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Medical,Financial,Acronyms,Idioms,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. BLIND. One who is deprived of the faculty of seeing. 2. Persons who are blind may enter into contracts and make wills like others. Carth...
(not comparable, of an eye) Unable to being used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors. (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive. (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility; as, a blind corner. (not comparable, engineering) Closed at one end...
'blind to'与'blind'相互参照。 您可以在下面的一行或多行中找到它。'blind to' is cross-referenced with 'blind'. It is in one or more of the lines below. WordReference English-ChineseDictionary © 2024: 主要翻译 英语中文 blindadj(sightless, unable to see)SCSimplified Chinese失明的shī míng...
2 : the side on which one that is blind in one eye cannot see Examples of blindside in a Sentence Verb The quarterback was blindsided just as he was about to throw a pass. We were all blindsided by the news of her sudden death. Noun He was hit on his blind side. Recent Exa...