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瞎的,眼睛失明的;盲目的,視而不見的使失明,使看不見簾子,百頁簾
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind,
Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.]
1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect
or by deprivation; without sight.
He that is strucken blind can not forget The
precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak.
2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of
intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or
judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.
But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That
they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton.
3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
This plan is recommended neither to blind
approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay.
4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to
a person who is blind; not well marked or easily
discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path;
a blind ditch.
5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton.
6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall;
open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind
passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as,
blind buds; blind flowers.
{Blind alley}, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
{Blind axle}, an axle which turns but does not communicate
motion. --Knight.
{Blind beetle}, one of the insects apt to fly against people,
esp. at night.
{Blind cat} (Zo["o]l.), a species of catfish ({Gronias
nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns
in Pennsylvania.
{Blind coal}, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal.
--Simmonds.
{Blind door}, {Blind window}, an imitation of a door or
window, without an opening for passage or light. See
{Blank door or window}, under {Blank}, a.
{Blind level} (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has
a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted
siphon. --Knight.
{Blind nettle} (Bot.), dead nettle. See {Dead nettle}, under
{Dead}.
{Blind shell} (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one
that does not explode.
{Blind side}, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak
or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or
disposed to see danger. --Swift.
{Blind snake} (Zo["o]l.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake,
of the family {Typhlopid[ae]}, with rudimentary eyes.
{Blind spot} (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye
where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to
light.
{Blind tooling}, in bookbinding and leather work, the
indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; --
called also {blank tooling}, and {blind blocking}.
{Blind wall}, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.
Blind \Blind\, Blinde \Blinde\, n.
See {Blende}.
Blind \Blind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blinded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blinding}.]
1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. ``To
blind the truth and me.'' --Tennyson.
A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a
guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . .
a much greater. --South.
2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult
for and painful to; to dazzle.
Her beauty all the rest did blind. --P. Fletcher.
3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to
conceal; to deceive.
Such darkness blinds the sky. --Dryden.
The state of the controversy between us he
endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.
--Stillingfleet.
4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a
road newly paved, in order that the joints between the
stones may be filled.
Blind \Blind\, n.
1. Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a
cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a
blinder for a horse.
2. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to
conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
3. [Cf. F. blindes, p?., fr. G. blende, fr. blenden to blind,
fr. blind blind.] (Mil.) A blindage. See {Blindage}.
4. A halting place. [Obs.] --Dryden.
資料來源 : WordNet®
blind
n 1: people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours
reading to the blind"
2: a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck
hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
3: something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had
just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: {screen}]
4: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an
activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the
holding company was just a blind" [syn: {subterfuge}]
blind
adj 1: unable to see [syn: {unsighted}] [ant: {sighted}]
2: unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a
lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their
actions"
3: not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind
faith"; "unreasoning panic" [syn: {unreasoning}]
blind
v 1: render unable to see
2: make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were
punished and blinded"
3: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: {dim}]