sight/saɪt/

n

1. U 视力；视觉

• The man lost his sight in an accident. 那个人的眼睛在一次事故中失明了。

• His sight is bad, so he has to wear glasses. 他的视力不好，所以要戴眼镜。

2. U，用作单 看见

• The children were waiting for a sight of the hero. 孩子们在等着看英雄。

• He was keeping sight of that woman. 他一直盯着那个女人看。

3. C 情景；景象；奇观

• We saw a lot of interesting sights at the museum. 我们在博物馆里看到很多有趣的景象。

• a sight of harvest 丰收的景象

4. [～s] 名胜；风景

• Every year a lot of tourists come to see the historical sights of Beijing. 每年都有许多游客游览北京的历史名胜。

5. C 口 不整洁(或滑稽可笑)的人(或物)

• What a sight he looks in that suit. 他穿着那套衣服多难看。

• The room was a sight. 这房间太乱了。

6. C，常用复 (枪炮上的)瞄准具；观测器

• the sights on a pistol 手枪上的瞄准具

词组a sight for sore eyes 口 极受欢迎的人；乐于看到的人 at first sight 立即；一见之下

• They fell in love at first sight. 他们一见钟情。

at (或on, upon) sight 一见(就)

• The soldier was ordered to shoot at sight. 士兵奉命一见人就开枪。

at the sight of 一看见

• At the sight of his mother, the little boy gave a loud cry. 小男孩一看见妈妈就放声大哭。

catch sight of 看到，发现；意识到

• The man caught sight of himself in the river. 那个人在河水中看到自己的倒影。

in (或within) sight

1. 看得见

• He ran nowhere in sight. 他跑得无影无踪。

2. 在望，迫近

• Reunion is in sight after one year of separation. 经历了一年的分离之后，团聚在望了。

know by sight 与…只是面熟

• I know him by sight， but we have never spoken to each other. 我跟他只是面熟，但从来没有交谈过。

lose sight of

1. 看不见

• I lost sight of him in the crowd. 在人群中我失去了他的踪迹。

2. 与…失去联系；没有了消息

• We lost sight of him over the years. 这些年来我们和他失去了联系。

3. 忘记；忽略

• We shouldn't lose sight of our principle. 我们不应该忘记原则。

out of sight

1. 在视线范围以外，在看不见的地方

• The boat is out of sight. 船已经驶远，看不见了。

2. 遥远的

3. 口 极度；异常

• Petrol price has gone out of sight. 汽油的价格已极度上扬。

Out of sight, out of mind. 谚 眼不见，心不烦。