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disabled: 障害があることを表す最も一般的な語
handicapped: 〘やや古〙 で現在では不適切な語とされる
impaired: 視覚障害や聴覚障害はそれぞれblind, deafよりもvisually impaired, hearing impairedの方が好まれる
challenged: 同様にchallengedも複合語で用いられる
ただしvertically challenged(背が低い)のようにしばしば〘おどけて〙 用いられる表現もある
adjective
1. unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition:
目の見えない, 盲目の, 目の不自由な; 視覚障害者(用)の (!公の場ではvisually impairedとするのが望ましい)
e.g. he was blind in one eye
e.g. she suffered from glaucoma, which has left her completely blind.
attributive (of an action, especially a test or experiment) done without being able to see or without being in possession of certain information:
〖通例名詞の前で〗情報を伏せた, 素姓を隠した
e.g. a blind tasting of eight wines.
Aeronautics (of flying) using instruments only:
e.g. blind landings during foggy conditions.
2. predicative lacking perception, awareness, or discernment:
〖be ～〗 【現実･状況などに】気づいて［わかって］いない «to»
e.g. she was blind to the realities of her position
e.g. he's absolutely blind where you're concerned, isn't he?
attributive (of an action or state of mind) not controlled by reason or judgment:
【怒り･恐怖･疲労などで】見境がなくなって «with»
e.g. they left in blind panic.
attributive not governed by purpose:
〖通例名詞の前で〗盲目的な〈信頼など〉; 衝動的な〈憎悪･怒りなど〉; 無計画な〈買い物など〉
e.g. moving purposelessly in a world of blind chance.
3. (of a corner or bend in a road) impossible to see around:
比較なし 〖名詞の前で〗死角になっている, 視界のきかない; 先が見えない〈壁･道など〉
e.g. two trucks collided on a blind curve in the road.
(of a door or window) walled up.
closed at one end:
e.g. a blind pipe.
4. with negative British informal (used in emphatic expressions) not the slightest:
e.g. you don't know a blind thing!
5. (of a plant) without buds, eyes, or terminal flowers:
e.g. planting too shallowly is the most common cause of bulbs coming up blind.
6. informal drunk.
｟俗｠ 酔いつぶれた
verb with object
1. cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily:
〈人〉を失明させる, …の視力を失わせる
e.g. the injury temporarily blinded him
e.g. eyes blinded with tears.
2. (be blinded) deprive (someone) of understanding, judgment, or perception:
〈人〉の理性を失わせる, 判断力を奪う; 【現実などを】〈人〉に気づかせないようにする «to»
e.g. somehow Clare and I were blinded to the truth
e.g. a clever tactician blinded by passion.
(blind someone with) confuse or overawe someone with something difficult to understand:
e.g. they try to blind you with science.
noun
1. (as plural noun the blind) people who are unable to see:
〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に〗 目の見えない人, 視覚障害者 (!複数扱い)
e.g. guide dogs for the blind.
2. a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats:
(窓の)目隠し, ブラインド; ｟主に英｠ ロールカーテン(roller blind, ｟米｠shade (window shade))
e.g. she pulled down the blinds.
British an awning over a shop window.
3. in singular something designed to conceal one's real intentions:
〖単数形で〗目隠し, ごまかし, 真相を隠すための演技［組織］
e.g. he phoned again from his own home:
e.g. that was just a blind for his wife.
a hiding place:
｟米｠ (野鳥･動物観察用の)隠れ場所(｟英｠ hide1)
e.g. you can sometimes use your car as a blind.
North American a camouflaged shelter used by hunters to get close to wildlife:
e.g. a duck blind.
4. British informal, dated a heavy drinking bout:
＝ blinder
e.g. he's off on a blind again.
5. British a legitimate business concealing a criminal enterprise.
adverb
without being able to see clearly:
計器のみに頼って, 目隠し状態で
e.g. he was the first pilot in history to fly blind.
without having all the relevant information; unprepared:
やみくもに; よく考え［調べ］もせずに〈買うなど〉
e.g. he was going into the interview blind.
(of a stake in poker and other games) put up by a player before the cards dealt are seen.
PHRASES
(as) blind as a bat
informal having very bad eyesight.
blind drunk
informal extremely drunk.
turn a blind eye
pretend not to notice. said to be in allusion to Nelson, who lifted a telescope to his blind eye at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801), thus not seeing the signal to ‘discontinue the action’.
effing and blinding
British see eff.
rob someone blind (or steal someone blind)
informal rob or cheat someone in a comprehensive or merciless way.
ORIGIN
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German blind.