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单词 to shut one's eyes to
释义

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to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)
a. To close (one's eyes). Also figurative, esp. in to shut one's eyes to (also against, on); to ignore, refuse to recognize or consider.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (transitive)] > move eyes > close eyes
shutc1366
to stop (a person's) eyes or sightc1380
sparec1400
close1667
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed
to look through ——OE
to let (something) overpassa1375
overpassa1382
unseea1395
forgoa1400
balkc1440
dissimulea1450
pass?c1475
dissemblea1500
dissimulatea1533
to wink at1535
nod1607
connive1641
beholdc1650
to wink against1653
to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711
blink1742
c1366 Romaunt Rose 296 She..shette hir eien for disdeyn.
1421–5 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 872 They close & shitte the yen of hir mynde.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 292 The Hawke will sniffe often, and shet hir eyes towards night.
1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 52 The plainest rustics, if they will not wilfully shut their eyes, may, by the benefit of its light, direct their steps.
a1711 J. Norris Pract. Disc. (1716) II. ii. 35 I cannot shut my Eyes against Manifest Truth.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vii. ix. 146 Shut your eyes to assist your Meditation.
1854 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 415 That man is to be pitied who can shut his eyes to facts.
1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo x. 115 He levelled his revolver at the dead leopard, and shutting his eyes tightly, fired four shots in rapid succession.
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