blind /ˈblaɪnd/
 (a.)瞎的,眼睛失明的;盲目的,視而不見的(vt.)使失明,使看不見帘子,百頁簾


 blind /ˈblaɪnd/ 形容詞
 按儀表操縱的,盲目的,罩,簾


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 遮 盲


 Blind a.
 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.
 He that is strucken blind can not forget
 The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.   --Shak.
 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.
 But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more,
 That they may stumble on, and deeper fall.   --Milton.
 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
    This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.   --Jay.
 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.
 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
    The blind mazes of this tangled wood.   --Milton.
 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
 8. Hort. Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.
 Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
 Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight.
 Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night.
 Blind cat Zool., a species of catfish (Gronias nigrolabris), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania.
 Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds.
 Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See Blank door or Blank window, under Blank, a.
 Blind level Mining, a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight.
 Blind nettle Bot., dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead.
 Blind shell Gunnery, a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode.
 Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift.
 Blind snake Zool., a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family Typhlopidæ, with rudimentary eyes.
 Blind spot Anat., the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light.
 Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also blank tooling, and blind blocking.
 Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall.


 Blind n.
 1. Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.
 2. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
 3.  Mil. A blindage. See Blindage.
 4. A halting place. [Obs.]

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 Blind, Blinde  n. See Blende.

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 Blind v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blinding.]
 1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. “To blind the truth and me.”
    A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . .  a much greater.   --South.
 2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.
    Her beauty all the rest did blind.   --P. Fletcher.
 3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
    Such darkness blinds the sky.   --Dryden.
    The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.   --Stillingfleet.
 4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.


 blind
      adj 1: unable to see [syn: unsighted] [ant: sighted]
      2: unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a
         lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their
         actions"
      3: not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind
         faith"; "unreasoning panic" [syn: unreasoning]
      n 1: people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours
           reading to the blind"
      2: a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck
         hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
      3: something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had
         just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: screen]
      4: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an
         activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the
         holding company was just a blind" [syn: subterfuge]
      v 1: render unable to see
      2: make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were
         punished and blinded"
      3: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: dim]


 Blind
    Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22;
    20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion
    (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment
    for disobedience (1 Sam. 11:2; Jer. 39:7), sometimes the effect
    of old age (Gen. 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Sam. 4:15). Conquerors
    sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Sam. 11:2).
    Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa. 6:10;
    42:18, 19; Matt. 15:14; Eph. 4:18). The opening of the eyes of
    the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa. 29:18). Elymas was
    smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).