sight
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noun
e.g. Joseph lost his sight as a baby
e.g. as modifier : a sight test.
the action or fact of seeing someone or something: 見る［見える］こと; 一見, 一瞥 (!具体例ではa ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う)
e.g. I've always been scared of the sight of blood.
視野, 見える範囲, 視界
e.g. he now refused to let Rose out of his sight.
e.g. we are all equal in the sight of God.
2. a thing that one sees or that can be seen: 景色, 光景, 眺め (!特定の場所からの風景全体はview) e.g. John was a familiar sight in the bar for many years
e.g. he was getting used to seeing unpleasant sights.
e.g. she offered to show me the sights.
｟主に英･くだけて｠ ; 〖a ～〗 物笑いの種, ひどいもの (!人･場所などをさす)
e.g. “I must look a frightful sight,” she said.
〖通例～s〗 (銃･望遠鏡などの)照準器
verb
｟かたく/書｠ (遠くに)〈探していた物〉を見つける, …を(一瞬)目撃する (!通例進行形にしない)
e.g. tell me when you sight London Bridge
e.g. (as noun sighting) : the unseasonal sighting of a cuckoo. 2. no object, with adverbial of direction take aim by looking through the sights of a gun: …を狙う
e.g. she sighted down the barrel.
«…に» 〈銃〉の照準を合わせる «on»
PHRASES
on first seeing or meeting someone:
e.g. it was love at first sight.
after an initial impression (which is then found to be different from what is actually the case):
e.g. the debate is more complex than it seems at first sight.
glimpse for a moment; suddenly notice:
e.g. when she caught sight of him she smiled.
visible:
e.g. no other vehicle was in sight.
near at hand; close to being achieved or realized:
e.g. the minister insisted that agreement was in sight.
so as to see or be seen from:
e.g. I climbed the hill and came in sight of the house.
within reach of; close to attaining:
e.g. he was safe for the moment and in sight of victory.
visible, especially through the sights of one's gun.
within the scope of one's ambitions or expectations:
e.g. he had the prize firmly in his sights.
be no longer able to see.
fail to consider, be aware of, or remember:
e.g. we should not lose sight of the fact that the issues involved are moral ones.
informal not a pleasant spectacle or situation.
as soon as someone or something has been seen:
e.g. in Africa, paramilitary game wardens shoot poachers on sight.
1. not visible:
e.g. she saw them off, waving until the car was out of sight.
2. informal extremely good; excellent:
e.g. the band was out of sight tonight!
proverb you soon forget people or things that are no longer visible or present.
(get) out of my sight!
go away at once!
become more (or less) ambitious; increase (or lower) one's expectations.
have as an ambition; hope strongly to achieve or reach:
e.g. Katherine set her sights on college.
informal a person or thing that one is extremely pleased or relieved to see.
a person or thing that is particularly impressive or worth seeing.
a (damn, good, long etc.) sight ——
informal or dialect used to indicate that something is so described to a considerable extent:
e.g. the old lady is a sight cleverer than Sarah
e.g. he's a sight too full of himself.
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