单词 | to put out a person's eyes |
释义 | > as lemmasto put out a person's eyes (i) to put out a person's eyes: to deprive a person of the power of sight, esp. violently. Also figurative and hyperbolical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > afflict with disordered vision [verb (transitive)] > blind blendc888 forblendc1175 blindfoldc1320 to put out a person's eyesc1325 blinda1400 dark?c1400 darken?a1425 quenchc1450 excecate?1540 stark blind1574 beblind1575 douta1616 unsight?1615 benight1621 emblind1631 occaecate1664 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7713 Me ssolde pulte out boþe is eye, & makye him pur blind. 1573 J. Bridges tr. Erasmus in Supremacie Christian Princes 610 A madde and fierce kinde of men, whiche murthered with swordes, maymed with Sythes, and with Lyme mingled with Vinegar put oute the eyes of the true beleeuers. a1609 T. Playfere Ten Serm. (1610) 24 This plaister seemes more likely to put out his eyes which sees, then to cure his eyes who is blind. 1699 R. L'Estrange Fables Moralized lxxxvi. 86 One part of the World have their Eyes put out with the Flashes of his Dazling Beams. 1706 Rom. Hist. IV. viii. 438 Andronicus's Eyes being to be put out with scalding-hot Vinegar. 1820 F. MacDonogh Hermit in London V. xcii. 35 Another street nuisance is your poke-bonnet ladies, who sometimes put out your eyes with these pent-house projections. 1929 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 22 This blinding white vapor remains unconquered. It continues to put out the eyes of traffic on land, sea, and air. 1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee (1994) iii. 97 It is very bright there, sir, the brightness puts out my eyes. < as lemmas |
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