sight

英 [saɪt] 美 [saɪt]
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  • n. 视力;景象;眼界;见解
  • vt. 看见;瞄准
  • vi. 瞄准;观看
  • adj. 见票即付的;即席的
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1、sight 就是 see 的名词兄弟:古英语 sihð 出自日耳曼词根 *sekh-「看」,字面是「看到的东西」,于是视力、景象、奇观都归它。
2、德语 Gesicht、荷兰语 gezicht 同一个根,它们那边由「样子」一路转到「脸」,英语的 sight 还停在「看」上。
3、see 是动作,sight 是结果:out of sight 看不见了,a real sight 真值得一看。
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词族 · sight

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中文词源

sight 视力,视野,景象,风景

来自古英语 sihth,所见之物,视力,视野,来自 Proto-Germanic*sekh,看,来自 PIE*sekw,看, 词源同 see.引申诸相关词义。

英语词源

sight
sight: [OE] Sight is a derivative of the prehistoric Germanic base *sekh-, which also produced English see. In the case of its Germanic relatives, German gesicht, Dutch gezicht, Swedish ansikte, and Danish ansigt, the notion of ‘sight’ has led on via ‘appearance’ to ‘face’.
=> see
sight (n.)
Old English sihð, gesiht, gesihð "thing seen; faculty of sight; aspect; vision; apparition," from Proto-Germanic *sekh(w)- (cognates: Danish sigte, Swedish sigt, Middle Dutch sicht, Dutch zicht, Old High German siht, German Sicht, Gesicht), stem that also yielded Old English seon (see see (v.)), with noun suffix -th (2), later -t.
Verily, truth is sight. Therefore if two people should come disputing, saying, 'I have seen,' 'I have heard,' we should trust the one who says 'I have seen.' [Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 5.14.4]
Meaning "perception or apprehension by means of the eyes" is from early 13c. Meaning "device on a firearm to assist in aiming" is from 1580s. A "show" of something, hence, colloquially, "a great many; a lot" (late 14c.). Sight for sore eyes "welcome visitor" is attested from 1738; sight unseen "without previous inspection" is from 1892. Sight gag first attested 1944. Middle English had sighty (late 14c.) "visible, conspicuous; bright, shining; attractive, handsome;" c. 1400 as "keen-sighted;" mid-15c. as "discerning" (compare German sichtig "visible").
sight (v.)
1550s, "look at, view, inspect," from sight (n.). From c. 1600 as "get sight of," 1842 as "take aim along the sight of a firearm." Related: Sighted; sighting.

权威例句

1. They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight.
他们观察了这颗彗星70天,直至其慢慢从视线中消失。
2. A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.
明亮的流星,或者说陨石,是番难忘的景象。
3. We encountered the pathetic sight of a family packing up its home.
我们目睹了一家人正在收拾家当准备离开的凄惨景象。
4. The Atlantic coast is within sight of the hotel.
从宾馆可以看见大西洋海岸。
5. Although people sometimes buy property sight unseen, it'sa remarkably bad idea.
尽管人们有时没看房就买了房,但这真是一个很糟糕的主意。

词语辨析

【sight, scene, scenery, view, landscape】
这组词都有“景色、风景”的意思,其区别是:
sight: 侧重指旅游观光的风光,包括城市景色或自然风光景色。也指人造景物或奇特的景色。
scene: 指具体的、局部的或一时的景色,可以是自然形成的,也可人工造成的。
scenery: 指一个国家或某一地区的整体自然风景。
view: 普通和词,多指从远处或高处所见的景色。
landscape: 多指在内陆的自然风光。

【sight, vision, image, scene】
sight: 视力,眼界,情景,奇观
vision: 远见,想念力,洞察力,眼界
image: 形象,肖像,影像
scene: 景色,景象,舞台指像图画一样映入眼睛view或landscape,但不那么广泛,是整个风景中可以入画的一部分

【sight, vision, perception, eyesight】
这组词都有“视力、视觉”的意思,其区别是:
sight: 普通用词,与eyesight同义,可换用,指由实实在在的事物引起的视觉。
vision: 书面用词,含义广泛,指人的视力或视野,也可指远见卓识。
perception: 指视觉,也可泛指其它器官的功能,或引申指敏锐的理解力。
eyesight: 普通用词,指眼睛的正常功能。

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