词组 | blind |
释义 | blind 1. adjective 1 an intensifier, a euphemism for 'bloody' or 'bleeding' UK, 1959. 2 very drunk UK, 1630. 3 highly drug-intoxicated. From an earlier alcohol sense US, 1952. 4 (used of a car) stripped of headlights US, 1977. 5 (used of a bet) placed before seeing the cards being bet on US, 1963. 6 uncirmcumcised US, 1925. 7 nasty, cruel SOUTH AFRICA, 2004.► like blind cobbler's thumbsdescribes thickly swollen nipples UK, 2001.► not take a blind bit of noticeto utterly ignore or disregard someone or something, to be oblivious to someone or something UK, 1961 2. noun 1 a legitimate business used to conceal an illegal one US, 1929. 2 an area in prison where guards cannot easily see what is going on US, 1989. 3 a baggage carriage, usually immediately behind the engine of a passenger train US, 1893. 4 a wallet or purse. Pickpocket use UK, 1977.► make the blind seeto perform oral sex on an uncircumcised man US, 1981 3. verb to curse, to swear. The meaning survives in EFF AND BLIND UK, 1943.► blind by scienceto defeat brawn with brains. According to one source 'it arose when the scientific boxers began, ca. 1880, to defeat the old bruisers' AUSTRALIA, 1937.► blind with scienceto confuse or convince someone by superior, inventive or nonsensical argument, explanation or vocabulary. Synonymous variation of earlier 'dazzle with science' UK, 1948 blindverbSee blinded
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