blinding
目がくらむ
解説 Definition
blinding は blind（目を見えなくする、目をくらませる）から来た語で、目がくらむほど強いという意味です。光や明るさについて使うことが多く、非常にまぶしい状態を表します。
Blinding describes light, brightness, or a visual effect so intense that it makes seeing difficult or temporarily impossible. It can modify nouns such as light or flash and can also describe a brightly reflecting surface, including sunlit snow.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
blinding は動詞 blind「見えなくする」に -ing を付け、形容詞化した形です。「視界を奪うほど」と考え、blinding light、blinding flash、blinding snow をひとかたまりで覚えます。単なる bright より強く、反射や閃光で目をそらすほどのまぶしさです。blind の語末 /d/ の後の -ing を続けて /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/ と発音します。
Start with the verb blind, “to prevent someone from seeing,” and add -ing to form blinding, literally “causing loss of sight.” In this adjective use, the effect is usually temporary: a blinding light or blinding flash is so bright that you instinctively look away or cannot see clearly. This is stronger than simply bright. Snow can also be blinding when sunlight reflects from it. Pronounce the form /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/: keep the /d/ of blind before the -ing ending. The base word blind belongs in the same word family and preserves the central idea of impaired vision.
例文
A blinding light came through the window.
目がくらむような光が窓から差し込みました。
The snow was blinding under the midday sun.
真昼の太陽の下で雪は目がくらむほどまぶしく見えました。
She looked away from the blinding flash.
彼女は目がくらむような閃光から目をそらしました。
blinding の類義語・関連語
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blinding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 blind（目が見えない）に接尾辞 -ing がついた形。ゲルマン祖語 *blindaz に由来し、「混乱した・暗い」が原義。関連語：blind, blindfold。光が強すぎて視覚を奪う＝「目がくらむほどの」という比喩的用法が発展した。
Blinding is formed from blind plus the suffix -ing. Blind comes from Old English blind and is related to other Germanic forms traditionally reconstructed from Proto-Germanic blindaz. The verb developed the causative sense “to make unable to see,” and its -ing form became an adjective. Applied to powerful light, blinding means that the brightness overwhelms or temporarily takes away normal vision.
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