单词 | dim-sighted |
释义 | ˈdim-ˌsighted, a. Having dim sight (lit. and fig.).
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 11 b, Olde men..or they whose eyes are dimm sighted. 1679Bedloe Popish Plot A ij b, They are very dim-sighted that cannot see through such Impostures. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 230 Our dim-sighted politicians. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxix, Mr. Chester was not the kind of man to be..dim-sighted to Mr. Willet's motives. 1887Spectator 20 Aug. 1116 When the dog gets old and dim-sighted. Hence ˌdimˈsightedness.
1662Hickeringill Wks. (1716) I. 278 It may seem cross to us..through our short and dimsightedness. 1822–56De Quincey Confess. (1862) 190 If a veil interposes between the dim-sightedness of man and his future calamities. |

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