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单词 mole-eyed
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mole-eyedadj.

Brit. /ˈməʊlʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmoʊlˌaɪd/
Forms: see mole n.3 and eyed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mole n.3, eyed adj.
Etymology: < mole n.3 + eyed adj. Compare slightly later mole eye n. at mole n.3 Compounds 2a.
Having very limited vision, extremely short-sighted (literal and figurative). Also: having very small or contracted eyes, resembling those of a mole.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision
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dima1220
bissona1250
murka1300
mistedc1450
obfuscatec1487
spurblind1508
sand-blind1538
dim-sighted1561
blinking1568
dimmed1590
weak-sighteda1591
purblind1592
sand-eyed1592
thick-eyed1598
left-eyed1609
mole-eyed1610
blindish1611
mole-sighted1625
sanded1629
veiled1633
weak-eyed1645
scotomatical1656
mole-blinda1660
swimming1697
wavering1842
foggy1847
scotomatous1866
clouding1868
wall-eyed1873
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xxx. 149 But..farre mistaken was hee and mole-eid in this matter.
1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini i. xi. 91 Mole-eyed, thou mayest but burrow in the earth, Blind as that subterrestrial.
1859 All Year Round 30 Apr. 21/1 Oh, Macguelp, thou mole-eyed misuser of unpaid-for pigments.
1897 E. K. Chambers in Bookman Jan. 113/1 The German dissertation..has..the narrowness of mole-eyed outlook.
1999 A. Arensberg Incubus iii. ix. 99 That afternoon my perspective was typically feminine and mole-eyed, close to the ground.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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