blind
adjective uk/blaɪnd/ us/blaɪnd/
(SIGHT)
B1 瞎的，盲的，失明的
unable to see
She's been blind since birth. 她天生失明。
He started to go (= become) blind in his sixties. 他在60多岁时失明了。
- More examples
- Can you imagine how it feels to be blind?
- Stevie Wonder was born blind.
- Her father's going blind.
- Labradors are used as guide dogs for blind people.
- Look, the cups are right in front of you. Are you blind?
(EXTREME)
盲目的
used to describe an extreme feeling that happens without thought or reason
blind anger/faith/prejudice 无名怒火／盲目信任／盲目的偏见
He was blind with fury (= so angry that he could not behave reasonably). 他暴跳如雷，丧失了理智。
(NOT CONSCIOUS)
be blind to somethingC2 没有注意到…；对…视而不见
to not be conscious of something or to refuse to notice something that is obvious to others
She seems blind to his faults. 她似乎对他的缺点视而不见。
Everyone else could see what she was doing but for some reason, Charles was blind to it.
He has any number of character failings but Ava is blind to them.
The government seems blind to the injustice happening on its borders.
I was so angry with myself that I'd been blind to what was going on all those years.
(CORNER, etc.)
（司机看不到的）盲点的，盲区的
that a driver cannot see, or cannot see around
The accident happened on a blind bend. 事故发生在一个转弯的盲区。
See also: blind summit
(TEST/STUDY)
（科学实验中，测试人和/或被测人不知测试内容的）盲测的
used to refer to a scientific test in which either the people being tested or the person testing them, or both, do not know what is being tested
In blind trials, users who were given both drugs orally were unable to distinguish between the effects of heroin and methadone. 在盲测过程中，口服海洛因和美沙酮这两种药物的人分辨不出两者的效果。
Idioms
(as) blind as a batidiom informal humorous 视力不佳
unable to see well
I'm as blind as a bat without my glasses. 不戴眼镜我就看不清。
not take a blind bit of noticeidiom UK informal 完全不注意
to pay no attention to something
He didn't take a blind bit of notice of what I said. 他对我说的话毫不在意。
blind
verb [ T ] uk/blaɪnd/ us/blaɪnd/
(DAMAGE SIGHT)
使变瞎;使失明
to make someone unable to see, permanently or for a short time
She was blinded in an accident at an early age. 她早年在一次事故中失明了。
As I turned the corner the sun blinded me, so I didn't see the other car. 转弯时阳光太晃眼，所以我没有看见另外那辆车。
(CAUSE TO IGNORE)
蒙蔽;使无辨别力
to make someone unable to notice or understand something
We shouldn't let our prejudices blind us to the facts of the situation. 我们一定不能让偏见蒙蔽自己而看不清实际形势。
Idiom
blind someone with scienceidiom 用专业术语唬人
to confuse someone by using difficult or technical words to describe something
blind
noun uk/blaɪnd/ us/blaɪnd/
(WINDOW)
[ C ] (US also shade)百叶窗;窗帘
a cover for a window made of a single piece or strips of cloth, paper, or plastic that is pulled up or down by a string
a Venetian blind 百叶窗
(SIGHT)
the blindC1 [ plural ] 盲人
people who are unable to see
She trains dogs for the blind. 她为盲人训练导盲犬。
(FOR WATCHING BIRDS/ANIMALS)
[ C ] US (UK hide)（可以观察野兽或鸟类的）隐藏处，躲藏处
a place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them
Idioms
the blind leading the blindidiom 盲人教瞎子;外行指导外行
used to describe a situation where a person who knows nothing is getting advice and help from another person who knows almost nothing
in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is kingidiom UK saying 在困难的环境里，身怀一技之人的处境比一无所长的人好
said about a difficult situation in which someone with only a few skills is in a better position and more successful than those people who have none
blind
adverb uk/blaɪnd/ us/blaɪnd/
（科学实验中，测试人和/或被测人不知测试内容的）用盲测方法做…地
If something or someone is tested blind, either the people being tested or the person testing them, or both, do not know what is being tested.
be flying blind 飞行时无法看到方向，盲飞；仅靠仪表飞行
to be flying an aircraft somewhere without being able to see where you are going
He admitted dazzling a police helicopter pilot with a laser beam, leaving the pilot flying blind. 他承认用一束激光对着一架警用直升飞机照射，导致驾驶员无法看清方向。
Crossing a mountain range, he found himself flying blind in a mist at 14,000 feet.
With instruments out and flying blind, she found it hard to hold the aircraft steady.
Flying blind in ferocious winds and driving snow, he'd found it hard to keep his nerve.
The weather has been terrible and at times, we've been basically flying blind.
没有任何经验或信息就开始做一件事，盲目行事
to be doing something without having any experience of doing it before or without having important information about what you are doing
They are flying blind on this issue because they have no idea of the extent of the problem. 在这件事上他们盲目行事，因为对问题的严重程度毫无了解。
We're doing our best but honestly, we are flying blind.
Nobody had done anything like this before so they were flying blind.
We've had inadequate data on the subject so we've been basically flying blind.
The situation is unprecedented so in our response to it, with the best will in the world, we're flying blind.