n (1)視力(覺)(power of seeing;the faculty of vision)[U]:have good/poor/short/near~視力好/視力差/近視/近視;have a keen sense of~具有敏銳的視覺;lose one's~失明;He got good~for a man of his age. 就他的年齡講,他的視力很好。Her~is failing. 她的視力正在減退。have one's~tested 檢查視力;〖同〗eyesight,vision;〖反〗blindness;
?(2)看(瞥)見(act of seeing)[U,a~][N(of)]:The~of Hans irritated her. 一看到漢斯就使她憤怒。The~of land thrilled the sailors. 看到了陸地,船員們激動不已。laugh at the~of sb's strange clothes 看到某人穿著奇裝異服而發(fā)笑;wait for a~of the king 等著看一眼國王;be hidden from~behind trees 藏在樹后面不讓別人看見;Out of sight,out of mind.(prov) 眼不見,心不想?!纪絪eeing,vision,viewing,glimpse,view;
?(3)視野(域),眼界(range of what can be seen; field of vision)[U]:I watched him until he disappeared from~in the distance. 我一直目送著他從視線中消失。 The boat was within/out of~of land. 從船上能看見/看不見陸地。The plane is still in~. 還看得見那架飛機(jī)。Peace/The end of our trouble is now in~.(fig)和平即將到來/我們的麻煩就要結(jié)束了。At last the boat came into~and we saw that it was flying a French flag. 我們終于看清了那艘船,船上飄著法國國旗。The plane came into~out of the clouds. 那架飛機(jī)穿出云層,飛進(jìn)視野。Never let him out of your~for a moment. 一刻也不要讓他離開你的視線。Get out of my~!滾(走)開!〖同〗eyespot,view;
?(4)情景,景象,奇觀(sth that is (to be) seen,or worth seeing)[C]:a sad/beautiful/amazing~悲慘/美麗/奇異的景象;a painful,almost horrible~一種痛苦的,幾乎是可怕的景象;the~s which impressed sb the most 給某人留下最深印象的情景;The roses are a lovely~. 那些玫瑰花真是讓人賞心悅目?!纪絭iew,display,exhibit,scene;
?(5)名勝,勝地,景色(buildings,places,etc worth seeing)[pl]:take one's visitors to see the~s of Rome/London 帶領(lǐng)參觀者游覽羅馬/倫敦的名勝;Niagara Falls is one of the~s in the world. 尼亞加拉大瀑布是世界名勝之一。
?(6)滑稽可笑的人(物)(thing or person that is unusual,ridiculous,shocking,etc)[U,a~](infml):Jennie is a~in that ugly dress. 珍妮穿著那身難看的衣服很滑稽。The room was/looked a~after the party. 聚會之后,房間簡直不像樣子了。
?(7)瞄準(zhǔn)(觀測)器(具)(device to guide the eye in taking aim or observing sth)[C,通常pl]:the~s on a rifle 步槍上的瞄準(zhǔn)器;have sth in one's~瞄準(zhǔn)了某物;take a careful~before firing 在射擊前仔細(xì)瞄準(zhǔn);
?a sight of sth 許多,大量(infml):Jerry saved a~of money. 杰瑞存了一大筆錢。
?a sight of sore eyes 極受歡迎的人(物)(infml):You are a~of sore eyes—where have you been these days? 總算又見到你了——你這些日子哪兒去了?
?at first sight 乍一看,一見之下(立即):I recognise him at first~. 我一眼就認(rèn)出了他。
?at/on sight 一見到(就):The sentry had orders to shoot at/on~. 哨兵奉命見人就開槍。Can you play music at~? 你能一看譜就演奏嗎?
?heave in sight 進(jìn)入視野,出現(xiàn):A ship hove in~just above the distant horizon. 在遠(yuǎn)處地平線上出現(xiàn)了一艘船。
?in the sight of sb/in sb's sight 依某人的看法(fml):Dolls are precious in a little girl's~. 在小姑娘的眼中布娃娃是珍貴的。
?keep sight of sb/sth,keep sb/sth in sight 1)一直盯著:He kept~of her as she walked along the street. 當(dāng)她沿著那條街走時,他一直監(jiān)視著她。 2)知道,記住:You must keep~of our original intention. 你必須記住我們最初的目的。
?lose sight of sb/sth 1)看不見:I lost~of Mary in the crowd. 在人群中我找不見瑪麗了。2)忽略:John was so interested in the game he lost~of the time. 約翰看比賽太專心,忘記了時間。
?lower/raise one's sights 降低/提高目標(biāo)(標(biāo)準(zhǔn)):They had to lower their~s and buy a cheaper car. 他們不得不降低標(biāo)準(zhǔn),買了一輛較便宜的汽車。
?set one's sights on sth 下決心達(dá)(做)到:Once he has set his~s on winning,there's no stopping him. 一旦他下決心獲勝,就沒有什么能阻擋他。
?sight unseen 事先未經(jīng)查驗(yàn):I signed for the goods~unseen because I could not open them just then. 我未經(jīng)查驗(yàn)就簽收了貨物,因?yàn)楫?dāng)時我無法打開貨物。
?→′sighted adj 有視力的;-′sighted (構(gòu)成合成詞)有某種視力的;′sightless adj 無視力的;′sight-read v 不事先演練地看譜演奏(唱);′sight-reading n 見譜即奏(唱);′sightsee v 觀光;游覽;′sightseeing n 觀光;游覽;′sightseer n 觀光者;游客;
?v(1)看到,瞧見(manage to get a view of)[T+n]:The captain~ed a ship on the horizon. 船長看見地平線上有一條船?!玪and/coast 看到陸地/海岸;After hiking for hours,we finally~ed a clearing in the forest. 步行數(shù)小時后,我們終于在林中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一塊空地。
?(2)觀測(look in a certain direction)[I+prep(along)]:~along the edge to see if it is straight 沿著邊緣觀測看是否直;
?→′sighting n看見;瞄準(zhǔn)