| 释义 |
dimness|ˈdɪmnɪs|
[OE. dimnis, dymnys, f. dim dim + -ness.]
The quality of being dim; want of clearness, brightness, or distinctness; dullness of vision or perception, dimsightedness.
c825Vesp. Psalter xcvi[i]. 2 Wolcen & dimnis in ymbhwyrfte. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 200 Wiþ eaᵹena dymnysse, ᵹenim ðysse sylfan wyrte leaf. a1300E.E. Psalter xvii. 10 Dimnes under his fete. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiii. xx. (1495) 450 Abyssus that is depnesse of water hath of hymself dympnesse and depnesse. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 67 b, The Eagle in age hath darkenes, and dymnes of eyne. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Sonne 8 A sonne..a fruitfull flame Chasing the fathers dimnesse. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 155 ⁋3 In proof of the dimness of our internal Light. 1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. (1783) IV. 3 Tumbling into the ditch, which my dimness prevented me from seeing. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. v, The once splendid patch of carpet..had long been worn to dimness. 1887Morris Odyss. vii. 42 Round about him still She shed that holy dimness. |