| 单词 | bleary |
| 释义 | bleary (once / 27297 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that's bleary is dull, tired, or unfocused. Your eyes might be too bleary first thing in the morning to focus on the newspaper — at least before you've had a cup of coffee. Bleary almost always describes a person's eyes, although you can also use it simply to mean blurred or exhausted. A day spent traveling from Asia to North America can leave you with bleary eyes, and so can a night of crying after the death of your beloved dog. The word bleary comes from a now-obsolete adjective, blear, "watery or rheumy," which may share a root with the German blerre, "having blurred vision." WORD FAMILYbleary: blearier, blearily USAGE EXAMPLESFor both managers, both teams, and the rest of us, bleary and remorseful, today is the perfect time to start again. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The auditorium on the far side of the resort is filled with 100 or so bleary eyed 20-somethings. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) I can’t count the number of parties I have left a little bleary because there just wasn’t anything to eat. The Guardian(Nov 28, 2016) 1 adj tired to the point of exhaustion 2Syn blear, blear-eyed, bleary-eyed tired depleted of strength or energy adj indistinct or hazy in outline Syn blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy indistinct not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand |
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