单词 | dazzle |
释义 | dazzlen.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > [noun] > dazzled state dazzleness1581 dazzling1581 dazzle1628 obnubilation1892 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxvii. sig. N3 Wee meete with nothing but the puzzle of the soule, and the dazle of the minds dimme eyes. 2. a. An act of dazzling; a brightness or glitter that dazzles the vision. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > glare or dazzle glarec1540 overlight1626 dazzlement1633 dazzle1651 fulgurance1652 glaringness1664 glaring1669 mizmaze1814 bray1929 1651 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. I. 306 This was but a dazle, an eclips ensues. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xiv. 138 I could see the Lake very well by the dazzle of the Water. 1821 J. G. Lockhart Valerius I. iv. 46 Fatigued with the uniform flash and dazzle of the Mediterranean waves. 1890 Spectator 13 Sept. One is taking precautions to avoid a draught or a dazzle. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 338 Through whose red and white..the Glory of the Maker shineth with more Dazle than through any part of the Creation. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 8 Amidst the tumult and the dazzle of their busy life. 3. The painting of large patches of colour on warships, etc., as camouflage in time of war. Also in combinations in dazzle-paint, dazzle-painted, dazzle-painting, dazzle-pattern. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > for military purposes camouflage1915 smokescreen1915 dazzle1917 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > conceal by disguise [verb (transitive)] > in warfare camouflage1917 dazzle-paint1917 dazzle1920 1917 Admiralty Order 2 July (MS.) The ‘Dazzle’ painting of a ship with large patches of strong colour in a carefully thought-out pattern and colour scheme. 1919 Times 29 May 8/1 ‘Dazzle’, to use the term employed by the camouflage department of the Admiralty. 1919 Times 5 June 10/2 A ‘dazzle’ painted ship is on the whole more visible against sky and sea than the usual grey vessel, and this was its chief disadvantage. Furthermore, ‘dazzle’ painting was designed for short range, at which it is impossible to conceal a vessel against its background. 1919 Times 9 June 6/4 Dazzle painting was never intended for use on ‘ships of the line’, but only for merchantmen..and war vessels working with them. 1919 Athenæum 11 July 583/2 The other service [sc. the Navy] invented ‘dazzle’. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 94/2 A geological ‘dazzle-painting’ in ochre and red, brown, purple, and buff. 1921 W. Stevens Let. 5 Dec. (1967) 223 From time immemorial the philosophers and other scene painters have daubed the sky with dazzle paint. 1922 Glasgow Herald 28 Apr. 9 A ‘tramp’ steamer, ‘dazzle’ painted. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station xxii. 400 It was decided that all flying-boats should have their hulls ‘dazzle-painted’. 1932 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals 309 Then, area by area, she [sc. a sow] was painted with dazzle-patterns of greenish-yellow and purple-brown. 1948 C. Day Lewis Otterbury Incident i. 9 The superstructure was made of wood, and we'd dazzle-painted the sides. 4. attributive. Designating shoes, etc., in very bright or luminous colours. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > brightly coloured brightOE gay?c1225 paintedc1400 sheenc1400 staringc1400 freshc1405 wanton1583 splendid1634 amelled1651 vivid1686 strong1711 bloom-bright1832 flamboyant1851 technicolored1927 dazzle1931 Technicolora1940 fauve1967 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > other voideda1539 high-topped1582 low-cuta1600 upright1608 seven-league1707 spurred?1707 japanned1750 hen-skin1846 pegged1846 stogy1847 wing-tip1872 foxed1880 brogued1894 welted1895 orthopaedic1897 tackless1907 dazzle1931 Jesus1942 pebble-grained1943 unconstructed1973 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [adjective] heeledeOE laced1441 upper-stocked1535 stocked1598 steeple-clocked1776 footless1853 fashioned1881 digitated1882 seamless1921 stay-up1949 dazzle1958 sandal-foot1959 1931 Star 8 May 7/4 Although the majority of women seem to prefer shoes with just two colours to match their frocks, ‘dazzle’ footwear are a good second. 1958 Economist 11 Jan. 94/1 Girls in tight jeans and dazzle socks. 1958 J. Townsend Young Devils i. 11 The boy..his yellow dazzle socks flashing like twin beacons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). dazzlev.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > of vision: become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > become dim or poor mistOE duskc1230 daswen1382 dazec1386 dazzle1481 failc1540 film1844 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 90 Parauenture his eyen daselyd as he loked from aboue doun. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 507/1 I dasyll, as ones eyes do for lokyng agaynst the sonne or for eyeng any thyng to moche, etc. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 156 b Her eyes dazell with the least beame thereof [the Sunne]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (1623) iii. ii. 84 Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read, when mine begin to dazell. a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim v. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iiiii2v/1 Ped. Ha! doe I dazell? Rod. 'Tis the faire Alinda. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 64 His Eyes dazled at the Precipice of his Stature. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > become dulled [verb (intransitive)] > be or become stupefied dazec1400 stounc1400 dazzle1571 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiii. 5) How shamefully the most part of the world dazeleth at Gods righteousnesse. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. ii. 126 Many..tremble at such sights, dazell and are sicke if they looke but downe from an high place. 3. transitive. To overpower, confuse, or dim (the vision), esp. with excess of brightness. (Also figurative) ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > prevent from seeing [verb (transitive)] > dazzle ablendOE ablind?c1225 awileg-en?c1225 astonec1385 dazea1529 dazzle1536 blaze1570 bedazzlea1616 to white out1978 1536 T. Starkey Let. 24 July in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xliii Wyth a clere ye [= eye] not dasyllyd wyth the glyteryng of such thyngys as are present. 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Jane Shore xiii Doth not the sonne dasill the clearest eyes? 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §276 If you come.. out of the Dark into a Glaring Light, the eye is dazeled for a time. a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 88 You doe only raise a dust to daisle the eye. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxviii. 135 He tried to dazzle the eyes of the populace by the splendour of his equipage. 1857 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 334 The gas-light, which dazzles my eyes. 4. a. figurative. To overpower or confound (the mental faculties), esp. with brilliant or showy qualities; ‘to strike or surprise with splendour’ (Johnson). ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy awhapec1300 stonyc1330 astony1340 astonec1374 mazec1390 stounda1400 stuna1400 to-stony?a1400 stounc1400 clumsec1440 overmusec1460 stonish1488 strike1533 dazzle1561 stoyne1563 stupefy1577 stupefact1583 obstupefy1611 astound1637 petrify1667 flabbergast1773 stagnatea1798 stama1800 swarf1813 boggle1835 razzle-dazzle1886 to knock sideways1890 stupend1900 gobsmack1987 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xiv. f. 43 The excellence of the nature of Angels hath so daselled the mindes of many. 1618 E. Elton Complaint Sanctified Sinner v. 94 Their vnruly passions..dazeling and dimming their iudgements. 1643 J. Milton Soveraigne Salve Pref. Rhetorick may dazle simple men. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 112. ¶8 The ordinary People; who are so used to be dazled with Riches. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 97 Pope seems to have been dazzled by the amazing vivacity of the man. b. absol. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > be a matter of wonder [verb (intransitive)] > excite wonder dazzle1649 to take a person's breath (away)1700 impress1736 to make a stare1808 astonish1904 to blow (a person's) mind1967 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xii. 121 If the whole Irishry of Rebels had feed som advocate to speak..sophistically in thir defence, he could have hardly dazl'd better. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 18 Thine are those charms that dazzle and endear. 1879 M. Arnold Fr. Crit. Milton in Mixed Ess. 238 A style to dazzle, to gain admirers everywhere. 5. To outshine, dim, or eclipse with a brighter light. Const. †down, out. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > put in the shade or put to shame shamec1400 to put down1494 extinguish1551 stain1557 overshadow1581 cloud1582 defacea1592 shend1596 to lay up1601 to shine down1623 dazzle1643 umbrage1647 foila1687 efface1717 eclipse1718 shade?1748 put into the shade1796 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 to put to shame1854 to leave (a person) standing1864 to lay over1869 blanket1884 upstage1921 1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) v. 243 They can see..into the beauty of his wayes, so that it dazeleth all the glory of the world in their eies. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 57 It hath not ray's enough left, to dazle downe the height of my affections. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 47 This church was dazzled out of sight by the Cathedral. 6. transitive. To camouflage (a ship) by painting large patches of colour on it (cf. dazzle n. 3). ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > conceal by disguise [verb (transitive)] > in warfare camouflage1917 dazzle-paint1917 dazzle1920 1920 Glasgow Herald 12 Mar. 7 A number of lantern slides were shown of ships ‘dazzled’ during the war. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1628v.1481 |
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