| 单词 | blindness |
| 释义 | blindblind1 /blaɪnd/ ●●● W3 adjective 1a)unable to see SYN visually impaired: a school for blind childrentotally/completely/partially blind My grandmother is almost totally blind. The accident left her legally blind in one eye. In later stages of the disease, people often go blind (=become blind). b)the blind [plural] people who are unable to see: a library for the blind c)as blind as a bat humorous not able to see well: I’m as blind as a bat without my glasses. → see also colorblind2be blind to something to completely fail to notice or realize something: The White House seems blind to the struggles of the middle class.3turn a blind eye (to something) to deliberately ignore something that you know should not be happening: Many landlords turn a blind eye to the fact that two families are sharing apartments.4a)blind faith/loyalty/hate etc. strong feelings that you have without thinking about why you have them: a blind loyalty to the Communist Party b)a blind panic/rage etc. strong feelings that you cannot control: Tyrell went into a blind rage, punching and kicking at everyone.5a blind study/test/experiment etc. a study or test of something in which the people in the study are not given any information about the things being tested because it might influence them: a blind taste test → see also double-blind6a blind corner/curve/driveway etc. a corner, curve, etc. that you cannot see beyond when you are driving7the blind leading the blind often humorous used to say that people who do not know much about what they are doing are helping or advising others who know nothing at all about it8blind flying/landing flying or landing an aircraft using only instruments because you cannot see through cloud, mist, etc. [Origin: Old English]—blindness noun [uncountable] → see also blindly |
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