sight1 /saɪt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun → cite, site1 ability to see 视力 [uncountableU]SIGHT/ABILITY TO SEE the physical ability to see 视力,视觉 SYN vision Anne’s sight is very good for someone of her age. 安妮的视力对于她这个年龄的人来说算是非常好的。
He began to lose his sight six years ago. 六年前他开始视力衰退。
an emergency operation to save his sight 挽救他视力的紧急手术
You will get a free sight test if you are under 16. 如果你不满16岁,可以免费检查视力。
2 act of seeing 看见 [singular, uncountableU]SEE the act of seeing something 看到,看见sight of Just the sight of him made her go all weak. 一看到他,她就两腿发软。
at the sight of something Marcie will faint at the sight of blood. 马西看见血就晕。
The house is hidden from sight behind trees. 房子隐藏在树林后面,不会被看到。
3 thing you see 所见之物 [countableC] a) SEEsomething you can see 景物,景象familiar/common/rare etc sight Street dentists are a common sight in Pakistan. 在巴基斯坦,街头牙医随处可见。
As he reached the front door, he saw a strange sight. 他走到前门,看到了一个奇怪的景象。
the sights and sounds of the forest 森林的景致与声音
→ not a pretty sight at pretty2(3), → sorry sight at sorry(8) b) the sights [plural]DLT famous or interesting places that tourists visit 名胜,景点 In the afternoon, you’ll have a chance to relax or see the sights. 大家下午可以休息,也可以去参观名胜。
sight of So, Maria’s showing you the sights of Copenhagen, is she? 那么,玛丽亚要带你去参观哥本哈根的名胜,是吗?
→ sightseeing 4 in/within sight a) SEEinside the area that you can see 在视野内,看得见 I glanced around me quickly. There was no one in sight. 我扫视四周,看不到一个人影。
They burned every house in sight. 他们见到房子就烧。
The boys get home and eat everything in sight. 男孩们回到家里,看见东西就吃。
Since my hotel was within sight, I told him he could go. 我的酒店就在眼前,于是我就叫他走了。
b) PROBABLYlikely to happen soon 可能即将发生 Six months from the start of the strike, there is still no end in sight. 罢工开始至今六个月了,眼下还看不出结束的迹象。
Peace is now in sight. 和平在望。
in/within sight• They probably thought they'd chosen a good place because it was near the bar and in sight of the dance floor.• Al wanted to smoke, but there were no ashtrays in sight.• Galliano play seamless, mellow grooves with soul, and not a black beret in sight.• Today is the fifteenth day of the heat wave, with no end in sight.• Lynn leaned out of the window, snapping pictures of everything in sight.• Funny to see it way out here, within sight of Stone Mountain.• With the end of the season in sight it is always worthwhile looking at the trends in diving accidents that have occurred.• There were no soldiers in sight.• That was the last and only rebel that ventured within sight, the rest remaining in their safe, iron-walled enclosure.• No such opportunities, however, were in sight. 5 within/in sight of something a) SEEin the area where you can see something 在看得见某物的地方 We camped within sight of the lake. 我们在看得见湖的地方露营。
At last they came in sight of the city. 他们终于看见那座城市了。
b) PROBABLYin a position where you will soon be able to get something or achieve something 即将得到[成就]某事 Dan was now within sight of the championship. 丹现在夺冠在望。
6 in your sights if you have someone or something in your sights, you intend to achieve it or get it for yourself, or to attack them 瞄准,盯住〔以期取得、得到或攻击〕have somebody/something in your sights Rogers had victory firmly in his sights. 罗杰斯下定决心要夺取胜利。
7 out of sight outside the area that you can see 在视野外,看不见 Karen waved until the car was out of sight. 卡伦不断挥手,直到汽车再也看不见了。
8. out of sight, out of mindout of mind out of sight FORGETused to say that people soon stop thinking about something or someone if they do not see them for a while 眼不见,心不想 9 disappear/vanish from sight APPEARDISAPPEARto disappear 消失不见 ‘Will she be all right?’ asked Jen as the car disappeared from sight. “她会没事吧?”汽车消失不见时珍问道。
disappear/vanish from sight• Within a few seconds it flew on again, vanishing from sight and hearing.• The rest of us heard a thin squeak, and started calling for her as she had vanished from sight.• The shore had vanished from sight.• So, since he is disappearing from sight, he has dyed his hair black, eyebrows, too.• It disappeared from sight behind the slope of the hill.• Then the plane vanished from sight on the radar screen.• She vanished from sight, but Hippolytus, too, was gone.• Here the linguistic cocoon is spun to such complexity that the characters and narrative structure sometimes vanish from sight.• Within seconds of the Wheel disappearing from sight the red glow was extinguished. 10 come into sight to appear 出现 when the ship at last came into sight 当这艘船终于出现时
come into sight• The camp came into sight at the bottom of the road.• We stood at the window until their car came into sight.• The carob came into sight below.• But they instantly look the other way when he and his motorcade come into sight.• He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road.• But when the lane curved, a tavern came into sight and she went in.• After a moment they came into sight.• He'd have plenty of time to drive down when the target vehicle came into sight. 11 on sight as soon as you see someone 一看到,一看见 The army has been ordered to shoot rebel soldiers on sight. 军队奉命见到叛军就开枪。
Jo disliked him on sight. 乔第一眼见到他就不喜欢。
12 not let somebody out of your sight NEARto make sure that someone stays near you 不让某人离开你的视线 Since the accident, Donna hasn’t let the children out of her sight. 出事以后,唐娜就没有让孩子离开过自己的视线。
not let somebody out of your sight• Stay here, and don't let the baby out of your sight.
13 be sick of/can’t stand/hate the sight of somebody/something DON'T LIKEto dislike someone or something very much 非常不喜欢某人/某物 Alan and Sam can’t stand the sight of each other. 艾伦和萨姆都非常讨厌对方。
Everybody hates the sight of you. 人人都讨厌你。
14 a sight for sore eyes spoken a) HAPPYsomeone or something that you feel very happy to see 使人看着高兴的人;赏心悦目的东西
b) British EnglishBrEUGLY someone or something that is very unattractive or very funny to look at 难看的[样子滑稽的]人[物] a sight for sore eyes• A visit to the Westonbirt Arboretum with its 13,000 trees and shrubs is always a sight for sore eyes.• That'd be a sight for sore eyes with that one. 15 a (damn/darned/darn) sight more/better etc informalVERY a lot more, a lot better etc 多得多/好得多等 I know the place a damn sight better than you do. 我对这个地方比你要熟悉得多了。
The old lady is a sight cleverer than Sarah. 这老太太可比萨拉聪明多了。
a (damn/darned/darn) sight more/better etc• Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.• I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.• If he listened to Anthony Scrivener, he would be a darned sight better.• Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!• The Galapagos finch was a darn sight more valuable than Sandra Willmot.• We were a darned sight better than them. 16 be a sight (also look a sight)UNTIDYSTRANGE to look very funny or stupid, or very untidy or unpleasant 看起来滑稽[愚蠢,脏乱,难看] We’d had an all-night party, and the place looked a bit of a sight. 我们开了个通宵派对,那地方脏乱得有点不成样子了。
17 sight unseen if you buy or choose something sight unseen, you do it without looking at the thing first 事先未看;事先未检查 I can’t believe you would rent a place sight unseen. 我简直不敢相信,你看也不看就把一个地方租了下来。
18 be a (beautiful/strange/frightening etc) sight to behold formal used to emphasize that something or someone looks very unusual, for example because they are very beautiful, strange, or frightening 看起来非同一般(的漂亮/奇怪/人等) His garden was a sight to behold. 他的花园非同一般。
His face was not a pleasant sight to behold. 他的脸很吓人。
19. gun 枪 [countableC usually plural]PMW the part of a gun or other weapon that guides your eye when you are aiming at something 〔枪等武器的〕瞄准器,准星 → at first sight at first1(6), → know somebody by sight at know1(3), → lose sight of something at lose(1), → set your heart/mind/sights on (doing) something at set1(13)n COLLOCATIONSadjectivesgood sightMany types of fish have good sight.
poor sightHis sight was quite poor.
failing sight (=becoming worse)He ran the business until failing sight forced him to retire.
verbslose your sightAs the result of a severe illness, she lost her sight at the age of twelve.
save somebody’s sightSurgeons believe they can save her sight.
somebody’s sight fails (=gets much worse)He was in his seventies when his sight began to fail.
sight + NOUNa sight testIf your sight test shows that you need glasses, the optician will give you a prescription.
THESAURUSsomething that you see 所见之物sight something that you see 景物,景象A herd of elephants is a magnificent sight. 象群出现是个壮观的景象。
Even Charles cheered up at the sight of the food. 一看到食物,连查尔斯都为之振奋。
view the area you can see from a window or place, especially when it is beautiful 景色,美景The view from the top of the mountain is amazing. 从山顶上往下看景色迷人。
The hotel has great views of Lake Windermere. 从这家宾馆能看见温德米尔湖的旖旎风光。
We had a good view of the firework display. 我们看到了精彩的烟花表演。
panorama an impressive view of a very large area that stretches a long way across in front of you 全景a panorama of snow-covered hills and mountains 一览无余的雪山美景
vista written a view of a large area of beautiful scenery – used in written descriptions 美丽的景色The road around the island offers some spectacular vistas. 沿环岛公路能看见旖旎的风光。
scene what you see in a place, especially where people are moving around and doing things 景象;场面Reporters described the horrific scenes which followed the bombing. 记者们描述了爆炸发生后的可怕景象。
His pictures are mainly of local scenes. 他的照片主要表现地方风情。
spectacle something that you see that is very unusual, surprising, or strange 奇异的景象It must have been an unusual spectacle. 当时的场面一定是非同寻常。
I leaned over the balcony to get a look at the spectacle below. 我倚在阳台上,看着下面的壮观场面。
visuals [plural] pictures or parts of a film, video etc that people can see, as opposed to the parts you can hear 〔电影、录像等的〕画面,图像Good visuals will help keep your audience’s attention. 好的画面有助于保持观众的注意力。