单词 | near-sightedness |
释义 | near-sightednessn. Short-sightedness, myopia. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > short-sightedness myopia1654 near-sightedness1811 near sight1818 myopism1822 short sight1822 myopy1854 mope-eye1892 1811 E. Malone in J. Boswell Life Johnson (ed. 6) I. 360 Alluding, no doubt, to his near sightedness. 1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story ix The result of near-sightedness. 1942 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. Social Hist. xviii. 556 The fate of agriculture was only one example of the near-sightedness characteristic of English State policy. 1990 Health Guardian Nov. 11/2 A Japanese study suggests that intensive VDU use may lead to near-sightedness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1811 |
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