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单词 blinker
释义

blinkern.

Brit. /ˈblɪŋkə/, U.S. /ˈblɪŋkər/
Etymology: Formed as blink v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. One who blinks; a blinking or purblind person.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > dimness or poor vision > person
blinkard?1518
molea1616
stymie1616
blinker1637
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > movements of eye > winking or blinking > person
blinkard?1518
winker?1548
blinks1616
blinker1637
1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 219 He was but a blinker, and saw..but with half an eye.
a1704 T. Brown Cupid turn'd Tinker in Wks. (1707) I. i. 153 What does our sly graceless Blinker?
1835 R. Browning Paracelsus i. 26 As earnest blinkers do Whom radiance ne'er distracted.
b. One who casts blinks or sly glances. Scottish.
ΚΠ
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 302 The witching, curst, delicious blinkers Hae put me hyte.
2.
a. plural. A kind of spectacles for directing the sight in one direction only, so as to cure squinting, or for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc.; = goggles (goggle n. 4).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > other types of spectacles
half-moon glasses1607
half-moon spectacles1607
blinkers1732
temple-spectacles1762
reading glass1853
distance glasses1864
horn spectacles1893
bifocal1899
trifocal1899
horn-rims1927
harlequin spectacles1940
harlequin glasses1945
library frame1948
aviator1951
library glasses1959
library spectacles1962
multifocals1962
wire-rim1968
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > blinkers
winkers1583
eye-flap1611
spectacle1632
lunettea1656
headboard1679
blinkers1732
bluff1777
blinder1807
bumblea1825
blind1828
blind-winkers1831
1732 M. Green Grotto 10 (R.) Bigots who but one way see Through blinkers of authority.
1803 J. Bristed Ανθρωπλανομενος I. 38 A little fellow, with blinkers over his eyes.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iv. 192 Who only dare to look up at life through blinkers.
b. Leather screens attached to a horse's bridle on each side, to prevent it from seeing in any direction except straight ahead.
ΚΠ
1789 W. Gilpin Tour Lakes II. 154 (R.) On being pressed by her friends..to go to court; ‘By no means,’ said she, ‘unless I may be allowed to wear blinkers.’
1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 174 An old female hostler, who gave us neither cruppers, blinkers, or breeching.
3. The eye. (slang.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun]
eyeeOE
the fleshly eyec1175
balla1400
window1481
glazier1567
light1580
crystal1592
orb1594
glass1597
optic1601
twinkler1605
lampa1616
watchera1616
wink-a-peeps1615
visive organa1652
ogle1673
peeper1691
goggle?1705
visual orb1725
orbit1727
winker1734
peep?1738
daylights?1747
eyewinker1808
keeker1808
glimmer1814
blinker1816
glim1820
goggler1821
skylight1824
ocular1825
mince pie1857
saucer1858
mince1937
1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 11 A patent pair of goggle winkers, Conceal'd from public view his blinkers.
4. A sporting dog that refuses to see and mark the position of game. Cf. blinking n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [noun] > pointing > dog that refuses to mark
blinker1814
blinking1814
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that refuses to see and mark position of prey
blinker1814
1814 W. Dobson Kunopædia 98 We shall, I fear, be compelled to class him along with the blinker of a very different nature, the brute of perverse..yet snivelling disposition.
1845 W. Youatt Dog iii. 91 The chastisement..would make the setter disgusted..and leave him a mere blinker.
1848 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking 94 Excess of punishment has made many a dog of good promise a confirmed blinker.
5. In full blinker light. An intermittent flashlight. U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > electric torch > flashlight
flashlight1886
flash-lamp1890
flash1913
blinker1923
1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xvi. 285 Take this bug-light [sc. an electric torch] and use it as a blinker. You learned the Morse code at Camp Stuart.
1943 J. Steinbeck in N.Y. Herald Tribune 7 July 23/2 The second in command takes up the blinker and signals.
1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 432 Motels, blinker lights, salt-eroded billboards.
1964 ‘M. E. Chaber’ Six who Ran (1965) i. 17 Three passenger cars were stolen... One of them was converted into a State Police car with the aid of a blinker light.

Derivatives

ˈblinkerless adj. (sense 2b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [adjective] > having blinkers > not blinkered
blinkerless1872
1872 Daily News 23 Oct. Fleet blinkerless horses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

blinkerv.

Etymology: < blinker n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblinker.
transitive. To put blinkers on; figurative to blind, hoodwink, deceive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)]
aschrenchc885
blendc888
swikec950
belirtOE
beswike971
blencha1000
blenka1000
belieOE
becatchc1175
trokec1175
beguile?c1225
biwrench?c1225
guile?c1225
trechec1230
unordainc1300
blink1303
deceivec1320
feintc1330
trechetc1330
misusea1382
blind1382
forgo1382
beglose1393
troil1393
turnc1405
lirt?a1425
abuse?a1439
ludify1447
amuse1480
wilec1480
trump1487
delude?a1505
sile1508
betrumpa1522
blear1530
aveugle1543
mislippen1552
pot1560
disglose1565
oversile1568
blaze1570
blirre1570
bleck1573
overtake1581
fail1590
bafflea1592
blanch1592
geck?a1600
hallucinate1604
hoodwink1610
intrigue1612
guggle1617
nigglea1625
nose-wipe1628
cog1629
cheat1637
flam1637
nurse1639
jilt1660
top1663
chaldese1664
bilk1672
bejuggle1680
nuzzlec1680
snub1694
bite1709
nebus1712
fugle1719
to take in1740
have?1780
quirk1791
rum1812
rattlesnake1818
chicane1835
to suck in1842
mogue1854
blinker1865
to have on1867
mag1869
sleight1876
bumfuzzle1878
swop1890
wool1890
spruce1917
jive1928
shit1934
smokescreen1950
dick1964
1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 140 But Telal was not so easily to be blinkered, and kept to his first judgment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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