单词 | poor-sighted |
释义 | > as lemmaspoor-sighted poor-sighted adj. ΚΠ 1898 J. D. Rees in 19th Cent. June 1023 These beasts [sc. elephants] are very poor sighted, though their noses are extremely good. 1927 Times 12 July 10/5 The cost of providing ideal visual conditions in schools would not be greater than the present loss to production occasioned by the entry into industrial occupations of so many poor-sighted youths and young women. 2003 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 17 Dec. 46 If football recreated Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol then surely referee Matt Messias would be Scrooge—and a pretty poor-sighted one at that. < as lemmas |
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