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单词 bleary
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Definition of bleary in English:

bleary

adjectiveblearier, bleariest ˈblɪəriˈblɪri
  • (of the eyes) looking or feeling dull and unfocused from sleep or tiredness.

    (眼睛)无精打采的;目光呆滞的;睡眼惺忪的

    Boris opened a bleary eye

    鲍里斯睁开了一只惺忪的睡眼。

    bleary-eyed business travellers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Andrew rolled over and looked at her though still bleary eyes.
    • Her eyes were still bleary from tears when he approached her, but they weren't tears of sadness or even regret.
    • It was after midnight, my eyes were bleary and my head was cloudy from drink.
    • Everyone I've seen in London today has got bleary eyes, and is yawning.
    • Practically everyone I meet these days seems to have bleary eyes, scarlet noses and a croaking voice.
    • Through bleary eyes, they watched in horror as a blaze devoured the house of one of their best-loved families.
    • The next morning brings heavy heads and bleary eyes, and a need for some fresh air.
    • I crawled into the day with bleary eyes and a slothful demeanour.
    • The rocking of the rickety, old train and the whoosh and whir of the wheels teased our weary bodies and bleary eyes.
    • The bleary eyes, he says, are down to a lack of sleep because of a faulty alarm on his motorbike.
    • Once she had inhaled enough oxygen, Jynx peered up with bleary eyes only to find a pair of red eyes and a smirk staring down at her.
    • He had not been sobbing but her cheeks were moist and his eyes were bleary.
    • You turn over in your half-sleep and try to read the numbers, but they blur before your bleary eyes.
    • I eased a bleary eye through a crack in the curtains to get a foretaste of the weather.
    • Mrs Bargarz has opened a bleary eye and spotted my midnight endeavours.
    • My eyes were bleary, and I just wanted to close them and go back to sleep.
    • She would arrive late looking crumpled and haggard after a late night, with straggly hair and bleary eyes.
    • Ronald's bleary eyes widened in surprise when he saw his 15 year old son standing in front of him.
    • The screen would move in waves in front of my bleary eyes so I'd give up trying to make sense of the dancing letters after a few minutes.
    • He pulled a grimy handkerchief from his pocket and let fly with a wet honk into the rag, then he looked at them with bleary eyes.
    Synonyms
    blurred, blurry, unfocused
    fogged, clouded, cloudy, dim, dull, filmy
    muzzy, tired
    moist, misty, watery, rheumy
    archaic blear

Derivatives

  • blearily

  • adverb ˈblɪərəliˈblɪrəli
    • Just as I was preparing to make another batch of fruit scones, Ross, one of my co-workers, wandered into the kitchen blearily looking for coffee.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And every year they wake up at 6.00 am and pretty soon they're dragging me blearily down onto the sofa to open presents.
      • I fumbled around in the dark for some of last night's pants to put on, and stumbled blearily out of the bedroom into the harsh morning light.
      • I switched on the light and gazed blearily through a haze of dust.
      • As I splashed my face with cold water, I remembered blearily the flamenco dancers and the endless absinthe.
  • bleariness

  • noun
    • I reached up to rub away some of the bleariness out of my eyes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I watched as his eyes fell shut of their own accord, watched as his breathing slowed, and watched as his eyes snapped open again, blinking away their bleariness in confusion.
      • My eyes snapped open and I sat up, trying vainly to fight off the bleariness of sleep.
      • Slowly, I opened my eyes, rubbing the bleariness out of them as I sat up.
      • As I gaped at him in post-sleep bleariness, I realised with a little shock that I had been sleeping with my head on his shoulder.

Rhymes

beery, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary

Definition of bleary in US English:

bleary

adjectiveˈblɪriˈblirē
  • (of the eyes) unfocused or filmy from sleep or tiredness.

    (眼睛)无精打采的;目光呆滞的;睡眼惺忪的

    you hate to face the world with bleary, tear-soaked, itching eyes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rocking of the rickety, old train and the whoosh and whir of the wheels teased our weary bodies and bleary eyes.
    • Ronald's bleary eyes widened in surprise when he saw his 15 year old son standing in front of him.
    • My eyes were bleary, and I just wanted to close them and go back to sleep.
    • He had not been sobbing but her cheeks were moist and his eyes were bleary.
    • Practically everyone I meet these days seems to have bleary eyes, scarlet noses and a croaking voice.
    • Everyone I've seen in London today has got bleary eyes, and is yawning.
    • Her eyes were still bleary from tears when he approached her, but they weren't tears of sadness or even regret.
    • Through bleary eyes, they watched in horror as a blaze devoured the house of one of their best-loved families.
    • Once she had inhaled enough oxygen, Jynx peered up with bleary eyes only to find a pair of red eyes and a smirk staring down at her.
    • The screen would move in waves in front of my bleary eyes so I'd give up trying to make sense of the dancing letters after a few minutes.
    • He pulled a grimy handkerchief from his pocket and let fly with a wet honk into the rag, then he looked at them with bleary eyes.
    • She would arrive late looking crumpled and haggard after a late night, with straggly hair and bleary eyes.
    • It was after midnight, my eyes were bleary and my head was cloudy from drink.
    • Andrew rolled over and looked at her though still bleary eyes.
    • You turn over in your half-sleep and try to read the numbers, but they blur before your bleary eyes.
    • I eased a bleary eye through a crack in the curtains to get a foretaste of the weather.
    • I crawled into the day with bleary eyes and a slothful demeanour.
    • The bleary eyes, he says, are down to a lack of sleep because of a faulty alarm on his motorbike.
    • The next morning brings heavy heads and bleary eyes, and a need for some fresh air.
    • Mrs Bargarz has opened a bleary eye and spotted my midnight endeavours.
    Synonyms
    blurred, blurry, unfocused
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