英语词汇“dazzle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdazzle

Origin:

1400-1500 daze

VERB TABLE

dazzle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dazzle
	he, she, it	dazzles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dazzled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dazzled
	he, she, it	has dazzled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dazzled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dazzle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dazzled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dazzling
	he, she, it	is dazzling
	you, we, they	are dazzling
Past	I, he, she, it	was dazzling
	you, we, they	were dazzling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dazzling
	he, she, it	has been dazzling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dazzling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dazzling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dazzling

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

As a speaker he would dazzle listeners with his brilliant wordplay and witty remarks.
I moved aside so that the light no longer dazzled me.
If you are dazzled by oncoming traffic, slow down and look for a place to stop.
She slowly opened her eyes, only to be dazzled by a strong shaft of sunlight.
Staring out the train window, we were dazzled by the scenery.
The Princess's off-the-shoulder dress dazzled the waiting crowds.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Fire kept flashing in the cave, dazzling her, and it was getting harder and harder to think clearly.
He does not tell her what degree he got but instead dazzles her with wit.
I did not switch on the light in case it should dazzle her.
The essence of her charm, independent of time, revealed itself for a second in that gesture and dazzled me.
The skyscrapers of Manhattan dazzled him as emblems of Western industrial progress.
Then, as now, a town council was so dazzled they rubber-stamped all this terribly rich man asked of them.

Longman Language Activatorto impress someone very much► dazzle

to impress someone very much by being or doing something very exciting and unusual - used especially in news reports: · The Princess's off-the-shoulder dress dazzled the waiting crowds.· As a speaker he would dazzle listeners with his brilliant wordplay and witty remarks.

► knock out

informal to impress someone very much by doing something in a way that is surprisingly good: · If this performer doesn't knock the audience out, I don't know what would.really knock somebody out: · Why don't you start the gig with that song you wrote yourself? That'll really knock them out.

when something makes you unable to see► blind

if a light blinds you, it is so bright that you cannot look into it and it makes you unable to see for a few moments afterwards: · Onlookers were blinded by the flash of the explosion.· She adjusted the mirror to avoid being blinded by the glare.· The floodlight had blinded him and he couldn't see to reload his gun.

► dazzle

if a very bright light dazzles you, it is so strong that you cannot see anything else, especially when this may have dangerous results: · If you are dazzled by oncoming traffic, slow down and look for a place to stop.· She slowly opened her eyes, only to be dazzled by a strong shaft of sunlight.· I moved aside so that the light no longer dazzled me.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a fine/magnificent/spectacular/dazzling display

(=a very good one)· The museum has a magnificent display of silver.

► blinding/dazzling light

(=extremely bright)· The white buildings reflected a blinding light.

► a dazzling smile

(=a big smile which shows someone’s white teeth)· When he came back she gave him her most dazzling smile.

► bright/brilliant/blazing/dazzling sunshine

· We stepped out of the plane into the bright sunshine of Corfu.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► light

· Do they seem to be dazzled by strong light, or flounder in less well-lit places?· A dazzling beam of light fell through the windows that looked out to the stables.· Against the darkened portion of the asteroid there was a sudden, dazzling explosion of light.

► sun

· The sun dazzled the company as they continued on their way.· The sun is dazzling here, like the sea, but there is something sad too.· Though bone dry, they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us, as we linked up the infrequent holds.· A flock of dunlin flew across the marsh in a silver swirl, catching the sun, dazzling the eye.· The sun glared down, dazzling them.· The western sun would scorch and dazzle and we would pull down the blinds in the compartment.