| 单词 | narrow-sighted |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnarrow-sighted narrow-sighted adj. having a narrow field of vision; (figurative) narrow-minded, blinkered. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > short-sighted little-sighta1398 purblindc1450 narrow-sighted1593 thick-sighted1593 mope-eyed1606 short-sighteda1649 near-sighted1686 short-eyed1721 myopical1749 myopic1800 myoptic1849 myope1892 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) i. xiv. 109 None of these quicke & narrow sighted fellowes (lately sprung vp) were to be found; that could see more then the reuerend Iudges. 1650 Mercurius Politicus No. 25 421 We that are narrow-sighted have various and different apprehensions of things according to the variety of Events. a1753 G. Berkeley Serm. in Wks. (1871) IV. 601 We narrow-sighted mortals. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. vi. liv. 313 And if I were capable of that narrow-sighted joy in Adam's behalf, I should still know he was not the man to feel it for himself. 2001 Detroit News (Nexis) 27 July (Weekend section) 1 The ape's narrow-sighted general, played with terrifying conviction by Tim Roth. < as lemmas |
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