单词 | color blindness |
释义 | color blindness in British English (ˈkʌlə ˈblaɪndnəs) noun the US spelling of colour blindness colour-blind in British English or US color-blind adjective 1. of or relating to any defect in the normal ability to distinguish certain colours deuteranopia, protanopia, tritanopia2. not discriminating on grounds of skin colour or ethnic origin Derived forms colour blindness or US color blindness noun color blindness in American Englishnoun 1. inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade 2. complete inability to distinguish colors of the spectrum, with all objects appearing as shades of gray, black, and white, varying only as to lightness and darkness; achromatopsia Word origin [1835–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, faceplate, hot plate, serial, squeegeeExamples of 'color blindness' in a sentence |
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