Word · Frequency #15054
Fully loadedblinding
刺眼的；耀眼的；令人目眩的
so bright that it hurts your eyes or makes you unable to see for a short time
- 1.
Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
非常明亮的(像要致盲的)。
- 2.
Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
使失明的；使失去视力或理解力的。
致盲的；使失明的；使人失去判断力的；非常明亮的(像要致盲的)。；使失明的；使失去视力或理解力的。；使人眩目的；使人失去判断力的
In use
The blinding sunlight made it hard to see the road.
He felt a blinding pain in his head after the accident.
The speed of the car was blinding, leaving us breathless.
blinding + noun
blinding 作定语，常修饰 light、sun、flash、headlights 等表示光源的名词。
A blinding flash lit up the sky.
一道刺眼的闪电照亮了天空。
be + blinding
作表语时，主语通常是雪、反光、灯光等明亮刺眼的事物。
The headlights were blinding.
车灯刺得人睁不开眼。
too blinding + to-infinitive
too blinding to do sth 表示“太刺眼以至于不能做某事”，to 后接动词原形。
The reflection was too blinding to look at directly.
Connections
Collocations
- blinding light
- 刺眼的光
- The blinding light of the headlights made me squint.汽车前灯刺眼的光让我眯起了眼睛。
- blinding rage
- 使人失去理智的狂怒
- He smashed his phone in a moment of blinding rage.他在一时失去理智的狂怒中摔碎了手机。
- blinding snow
- 迷眼的大雪
- We had to pull over because of the blinding snow.因为迷眼的大雪，我们不得不靠边停车。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a blinding flash of the obvious
- 对显而易见之事的突然顿悟After hours of struggling, the answer came to me in a blinding flash of the obvious.经过几小时的苦思，我突然灵光一现，答案其实显而易见。
- a blinding headache
- 剧烈的头痛（头痛欲裂）I couldn't concentrate because I had a blinding headache from staring at the screen all day.我无法集中精力，因为整天盯着屏幕让我头痛欲裂。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
由 blind（瞎的）加 -ing 联想：光强到让人睁不开眼、像要致盲，所以是“刺眼的、耀眼的”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing a very bright light、figurative: an overwhelming pain or sensation、figurative: obscuring judgment or understanding 该词在书面语和口语中都较常见，属中性表达；多用于形容光线强烈刺眼，也可用于比喻义，指强烈感受让人一时失去判断或理解。
Grammar Note
通常用作定语或表语，不用于比较级。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵：finding /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/、binding /ˈbaɪndɪŋ/、grinding /ˈɡraɪndɪŋ/、minding /ˈmaɪndɪŋ/、reminding /rɪˈmaɪndɪŋ/，重读元音后的 /-aɪndɪŋ/ 与 blinding 相同。注意 building /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ 拼写看似接近，但元音是 /ɪ/，且没有 /n/ 音，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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