閉著眼睛往前
兩個意思共用同一個動作:人照樣前進,但沒有看。
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Doing something without being able to see, or without taking in what is around you — because it is dark, because your eyes are covered, or because you are too upset to notice anything.
看不見地;茫然地
Picture someone moving with their eyes shut. Their feet keep going, but nothing in front of them is getting in. Both meanings of blindly stand on that one picture. They differ only in what is shut: real eyes, in the dark or too upset to take anything in, or the mind, going along with something without ever looking at it.
Old English blindlīċe, from blind + -ly, literally 'in a blind manner'.
blindly 由 blind(看不見的)加上 -ly(用這種方式)組成,古英文寫作 blindlīċe,字面就是「以看不見的方式」。這個字面意思到今天還撐著它的兩個用法。
Wiktionary entry for 'blindly' (packet field etymology_text): From Middle English blindly, from Old English blindlīċe, equivalent to blind + -ly.
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閉著眼睛往前
兩個意思共用同一個動作:人照樣前進,但沒有看。
r · B2
Doing something without being able to see, or without taking in what is around you — because it is dark, because your eyes are covered, or because you are too upset to notice anything.
看不見地;茫然地