单词 | blinding |
释义 | blindingn. 1. The action of making blind. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > blinding occaecation1630 blinding1868 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 79 So striking an event as the blinding of an Emperor. 2. figurative. Darkening of the mental or moral sense. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > blinding or darkening of moral sense blindingc1380 benightening1860 c1380 J. Wyclif De Eccles. in Sel. Wks. III. 439 Love of God is quenched bi blyndyng of þe world. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 563 Pointis of wicche craft and blindingis, brouȝt into Cristen men bi the feend. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 37 The blinding of Passion. 3. = blindage n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > shield to protect gunners blind1644 gun-house1736 blindage1812 blinding1829 mantlet1859 shield1898 1829 Sun 17 Sept. 1/5 It was proposed..to cover the low batteries with a strong blinding. 4. The process of covering the surface of a newly made road with fine material to fill up the spaces between the stones; also, the material used for this purpose. Cf. blind v. 9. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > with specific material gravelling1577 causeying1596 flagging1656 pitching1702 ruderation1730 macadamization1822 macadamizing1824 asphalting1840 blinding1843 causewaying1876 bouldering1880 metalling1885 blacktopping1947 tarmacing1975 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 274/1 The stoning and blinding is conducted in the same manner as in ordinary roads. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 1926 Missionary Rec. United Free Ch. Scotl. May 224/1 The fierce wind tore the blinding from the hard clay roads. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). blindingadj. a. That blinds. (See the verb.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind > blinding blinding1786 1786 R. Burns Poems 166 The blinding sleet and snaw. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 42 A dense fog of blinding sand. b. figurative. That dazzles the mind by excessive brilliancy. ΚΠ 18.. A. Lang Only a man of the most blinding original genius could have written them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1380adj.1786 |
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