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B0323600 (blīnd)adj. blind·er, blind·est 1. a. Sightless.b. Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).c. Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.2. a. Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result: blind taste tests used in marketing studies.b. Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge: a blind stab at answering the question.c. Performed by instruments and without the use of sight: blind navigation.3. Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand: blind to a lover's faults.4. Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning: put blind faith in their leaders.5. Slang Drunk.6. Lacking reason or purpose: blind fate; blind choice.7. a. Difficult to comprehend or see; illegible.b. Incompletely or illegibly addressed: blind mail.c. Hidden from sight: a blind seam.d. Screened from the view of oncoming motorists: a blind driveway.e. Secret or otherwise undisclosed: a blind item in a military budget.8. Closed at one end: a blind socket; a blind passage.9. Having no opening: a blind wall.10. Botany Failing to produce flowers or fruits: a blind bud.n.1. (used with a pl. verb) Blind people considered as a group. Used with the: a radio station for reading to the blind.2. often blinds Something, such as a window shade or a Venetian blind, that hinders vision or shuts out light.3. A shelter for concealing hunters, photographers, or observers of wildlife.4. Something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge.5. A forced bet in poker that is placed before the cards are dealt.adv.1. a. Without seeing; blindly.b. Without the aid of visual reference: flew blind through the fog.2. Without forethought or provision; unawares: entered into the scheme blind.3. Without significant information, especially that might affect an outcome or result: "When you read blind, you see everything but the author" (Margaret Atwood).4. Informal Into a stupor: drank themselves blind.5. Used as an intensive: Thieves in the bazaar robbed us blind.tr.v. blind·ed, blind·ing, blinds 1. To deprive of sight: was blinded in an industrial accident.2. To dazzle: skiers temporarily blinded by sunlight on snow.3. To deprive of perception or insight: prejudice that blinded them to the proposal's merits.4. To withhold light from: Thick shrubs blinded our downstairs windows.

[Middle English, from Old English; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

blind′ing·ly adv.blind′ly adv.blind′ness n.

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(blaɪnd) adj1. a. unable to see; sightlessb. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the blind. 2. (usually foll by to) unable or unwilling to understand or discern3. not based on evidence or determined by reason: blind hatred. 4. acting or performed without control or preparation5. (Aeronautics) done without being able to see, relying on instruments for information6. hidden from sight: a blind corner; a blind stitch. 7. closed at one end: a blind alley. 8. completely lacking awareness or consciousness: a blind stupor. 9. informal very drunk10. having no openings or outlets: a blind wall. 11. without having been seen beforehand: a blind purchase. 12. (Botany) (of cultivated plants) having failed to produce flowers or fruits13. (intensifier): not a blind bit of notice. 14. turn a blind eye to disregard deliberately or pretend not to notice (something, esp an action of which one disapproves)adv15. without being able to see ahead or using only instruments: to drive blind; flying blind. 16. without adequate knowledge or information; carelessly: to buy a house blind. 17. (intensifier) (in the phrase blind drunk)18. (Cookery) bake blind to bake (the empty crust of a pie, pastry, etc) by half filling with dried peas, crusts of bread, etc, to keep it in shapevb (mainly tr) 19. to deprive of sight permanently or temporarily20. to deprive of good sense, reason, or judgment21. to darken; conceal22. (foll by with) to overwhelm by showing detailed knowledge: to blind somebody with science. 23. (intr) slang Brit to drive very fast24. (intr) slang Brit to curse (esp in the phrase effing and blinding)n25. (modifier) for or intended to help blind and partially sighted people: a blind school. 26. (Furniture) a shade for a window, usually on a roller27. any obstruction or hindrance to sight, light, or air28. a person, action, or thing that serves to deceive or conceal the truth29. a person who acts on behalf of someone who does not wish his identity or actions to be known30. old-fashioned slang Also called: blinder Brit a drunken orgy; binge31. (Card Games) poker a stake put up by a player before he examines his cards32. (Hunting) hunting chiefly US and Canadian a screen of brush or undergrowth, in which hunters hide to shoot their quarry. Brit name: hide 33. (Military) military a round or demolition charge that fails to explode[Old English blind; related to Old Norse blindr, Old High German blint; Lettish blendu to see dimly; see blunder] ˈblindly adv ˈblindness nUsage: It is preferable to avoid using phrases such as the blind. Instead you should talk about blind and partially sighted people

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adj. blind•er, blind•est,
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n., adv. adj. 1. unable to see; lacking the sense of sight. 2. unwilling or unable to understand: blind to their faults. 3. not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind chance. 4. absolute and unquestioning: blind faith. 5. lacking all consciousness or awareness: a blind stupor. 6. drunk. 7. hard to see or understand: blind reasoning. 8. hidden from immediate view: a blind corner. 9. of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously: a blind ad signed only with a box number. 10. having no outlets; closed at one end: a blind passage. 11. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like. 12. done by instruments alone: blind flying. 13. made without some prior knowledge: a blind purchase. 14. of or pertaining to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested. 15. of, pertaining to, or for blind persons. v.t. 16. to make sightless permanently or temporarily, as by injuring, dazzling, or bandaging the eyes. 17. to make obscure or dark: The room was blinded by heavy curtains. 18. to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment. 19. to outshine; eclipse: a radiance that doth blind the sun. n. 20. something that obstructs vision. 21. a window covering with horizontal or vertical slats. 22. venetian blind. 23. window shade. 24. a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, esp. one in which hunters conceal themselves. 25. an activity, organization, or the like for concealing a true action or purpose; subterfuge. adv. 26. to the point of losing consciousness: to drink oneself blind. 27. without the ability to see clearly; blindly: to drive blind through a storm. 28. without guidance, proper information, etc.: to work blind. 29. to an extreme degree; completely. Idioms: fly blind, to pilot an airplane during conditions of poor visibility with only instruments for guidance. [before 1000; Middle English, Old English] blind′ing•ly, adv. blind′ly, adv. blind′ness, n.

blind

Blind can be an adjective, a verb, or a noun.

1. used as an adjective

If someone is blind, they cannot see, because there is something wrong with their eyes.

He is ninety-four years of age and he is blind, deaf, and bad-tempered.

Be Careful!
Don't say that 'someone's eyes are blind'.

2. used as a verb

If something blinds you, it makes you blind.

The acid went on her face and blinded her.

If something blinds you to a situation, it prevents you from being aware of it. This is the most common use of the verb blind.

He never let his love of his country blind him to his countrymen's faults.3. used as a noun

You can refer to all the blind people in a country as the blind.

What do you think of the help that's given to the blind?

A blind is a wide roll of cloth or paper which you can pull down over a window in order to keep the light out, or to prevent people from looking in.

She slammed the window shut and pulled the blind.

In American English, a device like this is sometimes called a shade or window shade.

blind

Past participle: blinded
Gerund: blinding

Imperative
blind
blind

Present
I blind
you blind
he/she/it blinds
we blind
you blind
they blind

Preterite
I blinded
you blinded
he/she/it blinded
we blinded
you blinded
they blinded

Present Continuous
I am blinding
you are blinding
he/she/it is blinding
we are blinding
you are blinding
they are blinding

Present Perfect
I have blinded
you have blinded
he/she/it has blinded
we have blinded
you have blinded
they have blinded

Past Continuous
I was blinding
you were blinding
he/she/it was blinding
we were blinding
you were blinding
they were blinding

Past Perfect
I had blinded
you had blinded
he/she/it had blinded
we had blinded
you had blinded
they had blinded

Future
I will blind
you will blind
he/she/it will blind
we will blind
you will blind
they will blind

Future Perfect
I will have blinded
you will have blinded
he/she/it will have blinded
we will have blinded
you will have blinded
they will have blinded

Future Continuous
I will be blinding
you will be blinding
he/she/it will be blinding
we will be blinding
you will be blinding
they will be blinding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blinding
you have been blinding
he/she/it has been blinding
we have been blinding
you have been blinding
they have been blinding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blinding
you will have been blinding
he/she/it will have been blinding
we will have been blinding
you will have been blinding
they will have been blinding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blinding
you had been blinding
he/she/it had been blinding
we had been blinding
you had been blinding
they had been blinding

Conditional
I would blind
you would blind
he/she/it would blind
we would blind
you would blind
they would blind

Past Conditional
I would have blinded
you would have blinded
he/she/it would have blinded
we would have blinded
you would have blinded
they would have blinded

blind

1. shade2. A flowering plant that fails to produce flowering shoots.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blind - people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"blind person - a person with a severe visual impairment
	2.	blind - a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"cover, covert, concealment, screen - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
	3.	blind - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"screencurtain, drape, drapery, pall, mantle - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"shutter - a hinged blind for a windowwindow blind - a blind for privacy or to keep out lightblinder, winker, blinker - blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
	4.	blind - something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"subterfugedeception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood
Verb	1.	blind - render unable to see bedazzle, daze, dazzle - to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"seel - sew up the eyelids of hawks and falconssnow-blind - affect with snow blindness; "the glare of the sun snow-blinded her"
	2.	blind - make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"abacinate - blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes; "The prisoners were abacinated by their captors"
	3.	blind - make dim by comparison or conceal dimdarken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"
Adj.	1.	blind - unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jerniganunsightedsighted - able to see
	2.	blind - unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"unperceiving, unperceptive - lacking perception; "as unperceptive as a boulder"
	3.	blind - not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"unreasoningirrational - not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"

blind

adjective1. sightless, unsighted, unseeing, eyeless, visionless, stone-blind How would you describe colour to a blind person?
sightless seeing, sighted2. (often with to) unaware of, unconscious of, deaf to, ignorant of, indifferent to, insensitive to, oblivious of, unconcerned about, inconsiderate of, neglectful of, heedless of, insensible of, unmindful of, disregardful of All the time I was blind to your suffering.
unaware of concerned, aware, conscious, noticeable, discerning, knowledgeable, attentive, alive to, observant, heedful3. unquestioning, prejudiced, wholesale, implicit, indiscriminate, uncritical, unreasoning, undiscriminating her blind faith in the wisdom of the church4. hidden, concealed, obscured, dim, unseen, tucked away a blind corner
hidden open, obvious5. dead-end, closed, dark, obstructed, leading nowhere, without exit a dusty hotel room overlooking a blind alley6. unthinking, wild, violent, rash, reckless, irrational, hasty, senseless, mindless, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unchecked, impetuous, intemperate, unconstrained The poor man went into a blind panic.verb1. stop someone seeing, block someone's vision, obscure someone's vision The sun hit the windscreen, momentarily blinding him.2. make blind, deprive of sight, deprive of vision, render sightless The blast of pellets blinded him in one eye.3. intimidate, confuse, overwhelm, baffle, bewilder, perplex, mystify, faze, flummox, nonplus He would try to blind us with science.noun1. shutter, cover, screen, shade, canopy, louvre, awning, Venetian blind, roller blind Hang the blind straight.Quotations
"If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch" Bible: St. MatthewProverbs
"There's none so blind as those who will not see"
"A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse" see disabled

blind

adjective1. Without the sense of sight:eyeless, sightless, unseeing.2. Unwilling or unable to perceive:dull, purblind, uncomprehending, unperceptive.3. Slang. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor:besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy.Informal: cockeyed, stewed.Slang: bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked.Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in the wind.4. Screened from the view of oncoming drivers:concealed, hidden.verbTo confuse with bright light:bedazzle, daze, dazzle.

Translations

使失明百叶窗盲人的盲目的瞎的

blind

(blaind) adjective1. not able to see. a blind man.瞎的2. (with to) unable to notice. She is blind to his faults.视而不见的3. hiding what is beyond. a blind corner.隐蔽的4. of or for blind people. a blind school.盲人的 noun1. (often in plural) a screen to prevent light coming through a window etc. The sunlight is too bright – pull down the blinds! 窗帘，百叶窗 2. something intended to mislead or deceive. He did that as a blind.蒙蔽 verb to make blind. He was blinded in the war.使失明ˈblinding adjective1. tending to make blind. a blinding light. 眩目的，刺眼的 2. sudden. He realized, in a blinding flash, that she was the murderer.突然的ˈblindly adverb眩目地ˈblindness noun失明blind alley a situation without any way out. This is a blind alley of a job. 死胡同，绝路 ˈblindfold noun a piece of cloth etc put over the eyes to prevent someone from seeing. The kidnappers put a blindfold over the child's eyes.眼罩 verb to put a blindfold on (some person or animal). 遮眼 adjective, adverb with the eyes covered by a cloth etc. She came blindfold into the room. 遮着眼的（地） blind spot1. any matter about which one always shows lack of understanding. She seems to have a blind spot about physics.一窍不通2. an area which is impossible or difficult to see due to an obstruction. 盲点the blind leading the blind one inexperienced or incompetent person telling another about something. My teaching you about politics will be a case of the blind leading the blind.外行指导外行

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→ 盲目的zhCN

I'm blind → 我是盲人

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Synonyms for blind

adj sightless

Synonyms

sightless
unsighted
unseeing
eyeless
visionless
stone-blind

Antonyms

seeing
sighted

adj unaware of

Synonyms

unaware of
unconscious of
deaf to
ignorant of
indifferent to
insensitive to
oblivious of
unconcerned about
inconsiderate of
neglectful of
heedless of
insensible of
unmindful of
disregardful of

Antonyms

concerned
aware
conscious
noticeable
discerning
knowledgeable
attentive
alive to
observant
heedful

adj unquestioning

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unquestioning
prejudiced
wholesale
implicit
indiscriminate
uncritical
unreasoning
undiscriminating

adj hidden

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hidden
concealed
obscured
dim
unseen
tucked away

Antonyms

open
obvious

adj dead-end

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dead-end
closed
dark
obstructed
leading nowhere
without exit

adj unthinking

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unthinking
wild
violent
rash
reckless
irrational
hasty
senseless
mindless
uncontrollable
uncontrolled
unchecked
impetuous
intemperate
unconstrained

verb stop someone seeing

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stop someone seeing
block someone's vision
obscure someone's vision

verb make blind

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make blind
deprive of sight
deprive of vision
render sightless

verb intimidate

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intimidate
confuse
overwhelm
baffle
bewilder
perplex
mystify
faze
flummox
nonplus

noun shutter

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shutter
cover
screen
shade
canopy
louvre
awning
Venetian blind
roller blind

Synonyms for blind

adj without the sense of sight

Synonyms

eyeless
sightless
unseeing

adj unwilling or unable to perceive

Synonyms

dull
purblind
uncomprehending
unperceptive

adj stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor

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besotted
crapulent
crapulous
drunk
drunken
inebriate
inebriated
intoxicated
sodden
tipsy
cockeyed
stewed
bombed
boozed
boozy
crocked
high
lit
loaded
looped
pickled
pixilated
plastered
potted
sloshed
smashed
soused
stinking
stinko
stoned
tight
zonked

adj screened from the view of oncoming drivers

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concealed
hidden

verb to confuse with bright light

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bedazzle
daze
dazzle

Synonyms for blind

noun people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

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blind person

noun a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)

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cover
covert
concealment
screen

noun a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

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screen

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curtain
drape
drapery
pall
mantle
protective cover
protective covering
protection
shutter
window blind
blinder
winker
blinker

noun something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

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subterfuge

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deception
misrepresentation
deceit

verb render unable to see

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adj sightless

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adj unaware of

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adj unquestioning

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adj hidden

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adj dead-end

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adj unthinking

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verb stop someone seeing

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verb make blind

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verb intimidate

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noun shutter

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adj without the sense of sight

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adj unwilling or unable to perceive

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adj stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor

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adj screened from the view of oncoming drivers

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verb to confuse with bright light

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noun people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

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noun a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)

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noun a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

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noun something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

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verb render unable to see

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verb make blind by putting the eyes out

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