0 I must have been blind not to realize the danger we were in

0 I must have been blind not to realize the danger we were in. Am B£T,

W fao 4 [usually before noun] (of strong feelings $&$[ ^) seeming to be unreasonable, and accepted without question; seeming to be out of control W g

^ II i $!l : blind faith/obedience W g ftj fg

STM. 0 It was a moment of blind panic. ^ ftfJi:-~W 5 [usually before noun] (of a situation or an event that cannot be controlled by reason

: blind chance W g (ft fS#£'l4 o the blind force of nature ft & 4ft $1 d f$ h 6 that a driver in a car cannot see, or cannot see around 'KA ;

: a blind driveway K ft) -Aif 0 a blind

bend/corner ► blind-ness noun [U]:

total/temporary/partial blindness £ m ; W U't 14 A W; AW —see also blindly fTSTTH (as) blind as a ’bat (ihumorous) not able to see well $£ A A {§ the blind leading the ’blind a situation in which people with almost no experience or knowledge give advice to others who also have no experience or knowledge W A fit It A; WA^I-^BSA not a blind bit/the blindest bit of ... (BrE, informal) not any & : He didn’t take a

blind bit of notice of me (= he ignored me). l&HiffiJL'tS; JJUAA o o It won’t make the blindest bit of difference (= it will make no difference at all). A Wit / fr'ftitflo turn a blind ’eye (to sth) to pretend not to notice sth bad that is happening, so you do not have to do anything about it ( St — KBSft!

—KBS — more at love n.

u verb [VN] 1 to permanently destroy sb’s ability to see {A3£BS; $1 A#I: She was blinded in the explosion. ftftA g AW T c 2 to make it difficult for sb to see for a short time BS ft; f<£ g B£: When she went

outside she was temporarily blinded by the sun. Aft AK' H, M-N-WM#SSIf#lfc₀ 3 ~ sb (to sth) to make sb no longer able to think clearly or behave in a sensible way Jg M ; f&AA$J#ftA : His sense of loyalty blinded him to the truth. #,($ A M Jj& A {£ fik fi A Vf ITOTTI blind sb with science to confuse sb by

using technical or complicated language that they do not understand ji A in (. l!c$$HfKlWA IS US — more at eff

* noun 1 (NAmE also shade, ’window shade) [C] a covering for a window, especially one made of a roll of cloth that is fixed at the top of the window and can be pulled up and down ( Ala ) — see also

Venetian blind 2 [sing.] something people say or do to hide the truth about sth in order to trick other people

mv/mmxm'n-, ftp; m-

madv. (in connection with flying fAAA) without being able to see; using instruments only fXH A

AiitRit!!; If g Jfe IT5!W1 blind ’drunk extremely drunk — more at rob, swear

WHICH WORD?

blind * blindly

There are two adverbs that come from the adjective blind. Blindly means ‘not being able to see what you are doing’ or ‘not thinking about something’. The adverb blind is mainly used in the context of flying and means ‘without being able to see’, ‘using instruments only’. blind WWASlJiiOo blindly A

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.blind 'alley noun a way of doing sth that seems useful at first, but does not produce useful results, like following a path that suddenly stops fj A 3S A A; /c

.blind 'date noun a meeting between two people who have not met each other before. The meeting is sometimes organized by their friends because they want them to develop a romantic relationship. ( fm&HH

blind •er /’blaind0(r)/ noun 1 [C, usually sing.] {BrE, informal) something which is excellent, especially in sport ( A£ff*W£^*lW ) ftWAA, m&mM: