1 unable to see 失明的;盲的;瞎的:
a blind person盲人to be completely/partially blind完全盲了;部份失明☞People are sometimes described as partially sighted or visually impaired rather than blind. 形容失明有时用 partially sighted(有部份视力)或 visually impaired(视障),不用 blind(瞎)。
2blind (to sth) not wanting to notice or understand sth 不想注意或了解;视而不见:
He was completely blind to her faults.对于她的过失,他完全视而不见。
3 without reason or thought 盲目的:
He drove down the motorway in a blind panic.他在恐慌中盲目地驾车沿高速公路驶去。
4 impossible to see round 看不到四周的:
You should never overtake on a blind corner.在死角处绝对不可超车。 ➔blindlyadv➔blindnessnoun [U]
turn a blind eye (to sth) to pretend not to notice sth bad is happening so that you do not have to do anything about it 假装看不见;视若无睹
blind²
/blaɪnd ||; blaɪnd/verb[T]
1 to make sb unable to see 使看不见;使失明:
Her grandfather had been blinded in an accident (= permanently).她祖父在一次意外中失明了。Just for a second I was blinded by the sun (= for a short time).阳光使我的双眼有片刻看不到东西。
2blind sb (to sth) to make sb unable to think clearly or behave in a sensible way 使变得盲目
blind³
/blaɪnd ||; blaɪnd/noun
1 [C] a piece of cloth or other material that you pull down to cover a window 窗帘;百叶窗;卷帘
☞picture at curtain 见 curtain 插图