| 单词 |
blind-side |
| 释义 |
blind(-)side, v. N. Amer.
[f. the phr. blind side s.v blind a. 2 c.]
trans. In sport, to attack or strike (an opponent) on the blind side. Chiefly fig., to take advantage of a weakness in (another), to take unawares.
1968H. Higdon Pro Football, USA 305 Usually it is the quarterback who gets blind-sided as he is about to pass. 1972Atlantic Monthly Mar. 28 That great sportsman..took the cheapest shot of all time when he slammed into (blindsided, as these brave gladiators say) an overexuberant spectator who ran onto the field in a Baltimore–Miami game. 1973Newsweek 3 Dec. 33 Tom McCall asked..whether those Republicans who stand with the President were going to be ‘blindsided by any more bombs’. 1974Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario) 17 Oct. 9/3 His committee has been accused of ‘blind-siding’ those who are opposed to the proposal. 1983Fortune 21 Feb. 54/1 Some companies will find themselves blind-sided by competitors they never imagined existed. |
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