purblind

a. 半盲的, 愚钝的 vt. 使成半瞎

发音

UK /ˈpɜːblaɪnd/
其它
US /ˈpɝblaɪnd/

词形变化

purblinds 复数 purblinded purblinding purblinds 三单 purblinds purblinding 现在分词 purblinded 过去式 purblinded 过去分词 more purblind 比较级 most purblind 最高级

别名

poreblind

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who has impaired vision or is partially blind.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To cause (someone) to have impaired vision or become partially blind.

    文学 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind; dim-sighted.

    半盲

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  2. 2.

    Of the eyes: unable to see well, especially due to old age; weak.

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  3. 3.

    Of a person: lacking in discernment or understanding; dim-witted, unintelligent.

    比喻 文学
  4. 4.

    Of a place: poorly illuminated; dark, dim.

    比喻 文学
  5. 5.

    Completely blind.

    文学 废旧
  6. 6.

    Having one eye blind.

    文学 废旧
  7. 7.

    Near-sighted, short-sighted; myopic.

    文学 废旧
  8. 8.

    Far-sighted, long-sighted; hypermetropic.

    文学 废旧 罕用

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

obtuse dim-sighted sandblind visually impaired

近义相关 3

blind undiscerning unsighted

词源

The adjective is derived from Middle English purblind (“(adjective) completely blind; blind in one eye; near-sighted; (noun) near-sighted animal, specifically a hare”) [and other forms], possibly from pur, pure (“completely, entirely”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to be clean; pure”); influenced by pur- (prefix meaning ‘completely; forward; in advance’)) + blind (“sightless, blind”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to blend, mix up; to make cloudy or opaque”)). Adjective sense 4.1 (“completely blind”) was the original sense. The senses denoting partial blindness are possibly the result of confusion of the first element pur- with poor, perhaps through folk etymology. (Compare parboil regarding per versus pars.) The noun and verb are derived from the adjective.

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