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单词 dazzle
释义

dazzlen.

/ˈdaz(ə)l/
Etymology: < dazzle v.
1. Dazzled state or condition. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 8/1Dazzle’, 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.
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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.

/ˈdaz(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English–1600s dasel(l, 1500s dasill, dasyll, dazile, dassel(l, 1500s–1600s dazel(l, dasle, 1500s–1700s dazle, (1600s daisle), 1500s– dazzle.
Etymology: In 15–16th cent. dasel , dasle , frequentative and diminutive of dase , daze v. (especially in sense 2).
1. intransitive. Of the eyes: To lose the faculty of distinct and steady vision, esp. from gazing at too bright light. (literal and figurative) Obsolete.
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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.
2. To be or become mentally confused or stupefied; to become dizzy. Obsolete.
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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)
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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.
absolute.1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 207. ⁋12 Light after a time ceases to dazzle.
4.
a. figurative. To overpower or confound (the mental faculties), esp. with brilliant or showy qualities; ‘to strike or surprise with splendour’ (Johnson).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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