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瞎的,眼睛失明的;盲目的,视而不见的使失明,使看不见帘子,百页帘

资料来源 : 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.

资料来源 : 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}]
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