blinder

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈblaɪndə/    美 /ˈblaɪndɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
  2. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side. often,plural,plural-only
    — From both sides of his head a blackness swiftly grew like blinders on a horse and darkly narrowed his field of vision.
  3. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; Something that impairs visual or mental perception in a way figuratively compared to horses' blinders.
    — Orientalism itself, furthermore, was an exclusively male province; like so many professional guilds during the modern period, it viewed itself and its subject matter with sexist blinders.
  4. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; An exceptional performance. UK,slang
    — He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.
  5. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; A bout of heavy drinking. slang
    — If a man goes out on a blinder, he might be charged with being drunk and incapable and therefore have a criminal record, although he is an honourable man.
  6. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change.
    — When the 'blinders' are switched off, and the audience's eyes given time to re-adjust, the new scene is in place […]
动词 v.
  1. To fit (a horse) with blinders. transitive
  2. To obstruct the vision of. broadly,figuratively,transitive
    — […] We climb in hopes / Of such seeing up the leaf-shuttered escarpments, / Blindered by green, under a green-grained sky
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of blind: more blind comparative,form-of
    — Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate.

词形变化

blinders plural blinders present,singular,third-person blindering participle,present blindered participle,past blindered past

词汇关系

衍生词
peaky blinder

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English blind
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English blinder
From blind + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English blind
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English blinder
From blind + -er.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English blind
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English blinder
From blind + -er.
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