[with obj.](archaic)close (a person's eyes); prevent (someone) from seeing (古)合上(人眼);防止(人)看见 the wise Gods seel our eyes in our own filth. 明智的众神用我们自己的污物封住了我们的眼睛。
语源
late 15th cent. (originally a term in falconry meaning 'stitch shut the eyelids of (a hawk'): from French ciller, or medieval Latin ciliare, from Latin cilium 'eyelid'