blind
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.
Braille is a writing system for the blind.
his blind eye
Đồng nghĩa: sightless
- 2.
(comparable)Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.
Authors are blind to their own defects.
- 3.
(not comparable)(not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.
a blind path
a blind ditch
a blind corner
- 4.
(not comparable)Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
a blind alley
a blind fistula
a blind gut
- 5.
(not comparable)Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
a blind wall
a blind alley
- 6.
(not comparable)(not comparable, metalworking, construction, of a fastener) Able to be fixed without access to one end.
a blind rivet
- 7.
(in certain phrases)(in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.
I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice.
We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.
- 8.
(not comparable)Without any prior knowledge.
He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.
I went into the meeting totally blind, so I really didn’t have a clue what I was talking about.
- 9.
(not comparable)Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
blind deference
blind justice
blind punishment
1787–1788, John Jay, The Federalist Papers This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.
- 10.
(sciences) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
a blind trial
- 11.
Unintelligible or illegible.
a blind passage in a book; blind writing
- 12.
(Of a pimple) not having a well-defined head.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- 2.
A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- 3.
A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.
a duck blind
Field biologists use blinds, and so do hunters.
- 4.
Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
- 5.
(military) A blindage.
- 6.
A hiding place.
- 7.
(colloquial)(rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
- 8.
(slang)(baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
- 9.
(poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1.
- 10.
(poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To make temporarily or permanently blind.
The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.
Don’t wave that pencil in my face—do you want to blind me?
A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is […] a much greater.
- 2.
(informal)(informal, obsolete except when paired, especially eff and blind) To curse, swear, use foul language
- 3.
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- 4.
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
Without seeing; unseeingly.
- 2.
(colloquial)Absolutely, totally.
to swear blind
- 3.
(poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.
- 4.
(especially, in compounds)(cooking, especially in combination with ‘bake’) As a pastry case only, without any filling.
Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a “soggy bottom”.
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ine-pro From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.