blindness
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 盲目，失明，愚昧
构词拆分
blind词根/词干
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-ness后缀
Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute. · Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 blyndnesse
- 继承自 ←中古英语 blyndnes
- 继承自 ←古英语 blindnes “blindness”
词源说明
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- The condition of being blind; unable to see.
- (figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.
- (obsolete) concealment