Sight
[saɪt]
解释:
(noun.) the range of vision; 'out of sight of land'.
(noun.) the ability to see; the visual faculty.
(noun.) an instance of visual perception; 'the sight of his wife brought him back to reality'; 'the train was an unexpected sight'.
(noun.) a range of mental vision; 'in his sight she could do no wrong'.
(noun.) anything that is seen; 'he was a familiar sight on the television'; 'they went to Paris to see the sights'.
(verb.) take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device).
校对:菲利斯--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.
(v. t.) The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
(v. t.) The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.
(v. t.) A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
(v. t.) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
(v. t.) Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.
(v. t.) Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
(v. t.) A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.
(v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
(v. t.) In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.
(v. t.) A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
(v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.
(v. t.) To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.
(v. t.) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.
(v. i.) To take aim by a sight.
安妮编辑
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Perception, view, ken, cognizance.[2]. Vision, sense of sight.[3]. Spectacle, show, exhibition, representation, pageant.[4]. Inspection, examination.
录入:玛格利特
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Seeing, perception, view, vision, visibility, spectacle, show, inspection,examination, representation, appearance
ANT:Nonperception, invisibility, blindness, obscuration, disappearance, oversight,nonappearance, undiscernment
校对:罗赞
解释:
n. act of seeing: view: faculty of seeing: that which is seen: a spectacle: an object of especial interest: space within vision: examination: a small opening for looking through at objects: a metal pin on the top of a barrel of a gun to guide the eye in taking aim: (slang) a great many or a great deal.—v.t. to catch sight of: to present to sight or put under notice.—adjs. Sight′ed having sight of some special character as short-sighted: fitted with a sight as a firearm; Sight′less wanting sight: blind: (Shak.) invisible: (Shak.) unsightly ugly.—adv. Sight′lessly.—ns. Sight′lessness; Sight′liness.—adjs. Sight′ly pleasing to the sight or eye: comely; Sight′-outrun′ning (Shak.) running faster than the eye can follow.—ns. Sight′-read′er one who reads at sight as musical notes passages in a foreign tongue &c.; Sight′-reading; Sight′-see′ing the act of seeing sights: eagerness to see novelties or curiosities; Sight′-sē′er one who is eager to see novelties or curiosities; Sights′man a local guide; Sec′ond-sight a gift of prophetic vision long supposed in the Scottish Highlands and elsewhere to belong to particular persons.—At sight without previous study or practice; At sight After sight terms applied to bills or notes payable on or after presentation; Lose sight of to cease to see: to overlook; Out of sight too far away to be seen: not in sight: (coll.) beyond comparison; Put out of sight to remove from vision: (slang) to consume as food.
录入:雷内
例句:
- It's a pity he should break his neck himself, and disappoint the sight-seers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- A sight of you. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Then a turn to the right took them from my sight again. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- It always does at the sight of such. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Eugene, I cannot lose sight of that fellow's face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- On the march you saw her at the head of the regiment seated on a royal elephant, a noble sight. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- And he never did well in the streets, he never did well out of sight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- In the sights were parallel slits, right, left, upper, lower. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It is one of the sights of the house, and it always does you credit. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I see some queer sights there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- To see Steerforth walk to church before us, arm-in-arm with Miss Creakle, was one of the great sights of my life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- We are surfeited with sights. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- No one ventured on board the vessel, and strange sights were averred to be seen at night, walking the deck, and hanging on the masts and shrouds. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I am rather short-sighted. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- Love is sharp-sighted. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Julia put her glass to her eye as usual; being remarkably short-sighted she could distinguish nothing without it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- He lay back and sighted with the automatic rifle as the planes came on steadily. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- There must be something short-sighted in the eternal arrangements, surely! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- I would not change you for the clearest-headed, longest-sighted, best-judging female breathing. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Robert Jordan had pushed Agustín over and he had the stock of the big automatic rifle against his shoulder and was sighting on the bend of the road. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
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