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单词 blind
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blindadjective

uk/blaɪnd/us/blaɪnd/

blind adjective (SIGHT)

B1 unable to see:

She's been blind since birth.
He started to go (= become) blind in his sixties.

More examples

  • Can you imagine how it feels to be blind?
  • Stevie Wonder was born blind.
  • Her father's going blind.
  • Labradors are used as guide dogs for blind people.
  • Look, the cups are right in front of you. Are you blind?

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Eyesight, glasses & lenses

  • (as) blind as a bat idiom
  • 20/20 vision
  • age-related macular degeneration
  • AMD
  • Balint's syndrome
  • blepharospasm
  • blind side
  • blindly
  • ciliary
  • cross-eyed
  • dispensing optician
  • horn-rimmed
  • lorgnette
  • nearsighted
  • ophthalmologist
  • optic
  • optometrist
  • sightless
  • spectacle
  • twenty-twenty vision

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blind adjective (EXTREME)

used to describe an extreme feeling that happens without thought or reason:

blind anger/faith/prejudice
He was blind with fury (= so angry that he could not behave reasonably).

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Strong feelings

  • agony
  • all-consuming
  • anguish
  • ardent
  • be beside yourself idiom
  • be convulsed with laughter, rage, etc. idiom
  • beside
  • explosive
  • fiery
  • hormonal
  • hot-blooded
  • impassioned
  • ineffable
  • inexpressible
  • profound
  • siren call
  • supercharged
  • unquenchable
  • vehement
  • vehemently

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blind adjective (NOT CONSCIOUS)

be blind to sth

C2 to not be conscious of something or to refuse to notice something that is obvious to others:

She seems blind to his faults.

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Unaware

  • arse
  • be in the dark idiom
  • be on another planet idiom
  • benighted
  • blind spot
  • blissful
  • fail
  • faint
  • ignorance is bliss idiom
  • ignorant
  • ill-informed
  • illiterate
  • in blissful ignorance idiom
  • lost
  • unawareness
  • unbeknownst
  • unconscious
  • uneducated
  • unfamiliar
  • unknowing

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blind adjective (CORNER, etc.)

that a driver cannot see or cannot see around:

The accident happened on a blind bend.

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Indistinct & invisible

  • blur
  • blurred
  • fuzzy
  • inconspicuous
  • indiscernible
  • indistinct
  • invisible
  • melt
  • melt (away) into sth
  • neutral
  • not see hide nor hair of sb idiom
  • see
  • sink
  • sink without (a) trace idiom
  • smudged
  • subtlety
  • unclear
  • unobtrusive
  • vague
  • wraith

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blind adjective (TEST/STUDY)

used to refer to a scientific test in which either the people being tested or the person testing them, or both, do not know what is being tested:

In blind trials, users who were given both drugs orally were unable to distinguish between the effects of heroin and methadone.
blindness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈblaɪnd.nəs/us/ˈblaɪnd.nəs/

Idiom(s)

(as) blind as a bat
not take a blind bit of notice

blindverb [ T ]

uk/blaɪnd/us/blaɪnd/

blind verb [ T ] (DAMAGE SIGHT)

to make someone unable to see, permanently or for a short time:

She was blinded in an accident at an early age.
As I turned the corner the sun blinded me, so I didn't see the other car.

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Eyesight, glasses & lenses

  • (as) blind as a bat idiom
  • 20/20 vision
  • age-related macular degeneration
  • AMD
  • Balint's syndrome
  • blepharospasm
  • blind side
  • blindly
  • ciliary
  • cross-eyed
  • dispensing optician
  • horn-rimmed
  • lorgnette
  • nearsighted
  • ophthalmologist
  • optic
  • optometrist
  • sightless
  • spectacle
  • twenty-twenty vision

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blind verb [ T ] (CAUSE TO IGNORE)

to make someone unable to notice or understand something:

We shouldn't let our prejudices blind us to the facts of the situation.

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Puzzle and confuse

  • addle
  • baffle
  • bemuse
  • bewilder
  • blind sb with science idiom
  • cloud
  • do sb's head in idiom
  • flummox
  • fox
  • fuddle
  • knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
  • mix
  • mix sb up
  • muddy
  • puzzle
  • throw (sb) a curve (ball) idiom
  • throw sb off balance idiom
  • tie
  • tie sb (up) in knots idiom
  • unbalance

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Idiom(s)

blind sb with science

blindnoun

uk/blaɪnd/us/blaɪnd/

blind noun (WINDOW)

[ C ] US also shade a cover for a window made of a single piece or strips of cloth, paper, or plastic that is pulled up or down by a string:

a Venetian blind

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Curtains & wallpaper

  • curtain
  • curtain rail
  • curtain rod
  • drape
  • flock wallpaper
  • floor-length
  • hang
  • paper
  • pelmet
  • roller blind
  • shade
  • sunshade
  • valance
  • venetian blind
  • vertical blind
  • wall hanging
  • wallpaper
  • window shade

blind noun (SIGHT)

the blind C1 [ plural ]

people who are unable to see:

She trains dogs for the blind.

blind noun (FOR WATCHING BIRDS/ANIMALS)

[ C ] US UK hide a place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them

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Hiding and disguising

  • be holed up idiom
  • camo
  • camouflage
  • cloak
  • conceal
  • concealment
  • drown
  • hit the deck idiom
  • hole up (somewhere)
  • illusion
  • incognito
  • infiltration
  • obscure
  • sidle
  • skulk
  • smokescreen
  • snuck
  • stash
  • tuck
  • veil

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Idiom(s)

the blind leading the blind
in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

blindadverb

If something or someone is tested blind, either the people being tested or the person testing them, or both, do not know what is being tested.

be flying blind

to be flying an aircraft somewhere without being able to see where you are going:

He admitted dazzling a police helicopter pilot with a laser beam, leaving the pilot flying blind.

to be doing something without having any experience of doing it before or without having important information about what you are doing:

They are flying blind on this issue because they have no idea of the extent of the problem.
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