Visit

['vɪzɪt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; 'a visit to the dentist'.

(noun.) the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection).

(noun.) the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; 'he dropped by for a visit'.

(noun.) a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; 'he scheduled a visit to the dentist'.

(verb.) assail; 'He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly'.

(verb.) come to see in an official or professional capacity; 'The governor visited the prison'; 'The grant administrator visited the laboratory'.

(verb.) pay a brief visit; 'The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens'.

(verb.) go to see a place, as for entertainment; 'We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning'.

(verb.) stay with as a guest; 'Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month'.

校對:诺琳--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

(v. t.) To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.

(v. t.) To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.

(v. i.) To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.

(v. t.) The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.

(v. t.) The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.

手打:罗谢尔

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Go to see, call upon, pay a visit to.

手打:普里西拉

解釋/意思:

v.t. to go to see or inspect: to attend: enter appear in: to call on: (B.) to reward or punish.—v.i. to be in the habit of seeing or meeting each other: to keep up acquaintance.—n. act of visiting or going to see.—adjs. Vis′itable subject to visitation: attractive to visitors; Vis′itant paying visits visiting.—n. one who visits: one who is a guest in the house of another: a migratory bird: one of an order of nuns founded by St Francis de Sales in 1610 also called Salesians Order (also Nuns) of the Visitation—the order has done much in the education of young girls.—n. Visitā′tion act of visiting: examination by authority: a dispensation whether of divine favour or retribution: (rare) the object of a visit: the act of a naval commander in boarding the vessel of another state to ascertain her character and object: a visit of a herald to a district for the examination of its arms pedigrees &c.: an unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region: (eccles.) a festival to commemorate the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth observed by the Roman and Greek Churches on 2d July.—adjs. Visitātō′rial Visitō′rial.—n. Vis′iting the act of paying visits: prompting influence.—adj. that which visits.—ns. Vis′iting-book a book recording the names of persons who have called or are to be called on; Vis′iting-card a small card on which the name address or title may be printed to be left in making calls or paying visits and sometimes sent as an act of courtesy or in token of sympathy; Vis′iting-day a day on which one is at home or ready to receive callers; Vis′itor -er one who visits calls on or makes a stay with a person: a person authorised to visit an institution to see that it is managed properly:—fem. Vis′itress.—Visitation of the sick an office in the Anglican Church used for the spiritual benefit of the sick provision being also made for special confession and absolution.

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