pur·blind /ˈpɝˌblaɪnd/
(a.)半盲的,惺松眼的,愚鈍的(vt.)使成半瞎
Pur·blind a.
1. Wholly blind. “Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight.”
2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole.
The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer.
O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson.
-- Pur*blind*ly, adv. -- Pur*blind*ness, n.
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purblind
adj 1: having greatly reduced vision [syn: dim-sighted, near-blind,
sand-blind, visually impaired, visually
challenged]
2: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the
implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that
flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to
the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin [syn: obtuse]