| 释义 |
sightsman|ˈsaɪtsmən|
[f. sight n.1 Cf. sightman.]
1. One who points out sights or objects of interest; a local guide, a cicerone.
a1700Evelyn Diary 6 Nov. 1644 Our Sights-man (for so they name certain persons here who get their living by leading strangers about to see the City).
2. One who reads or performs music at sight.
1776Burney Hist. Music (1789) IV. vi. 263 This musician, who was..of considerable eminence..both as a sights-man and voluntary player. 1801Busby Dict. Mus., Sightsman, the appellation given to him who reads, or sings, music readily at first sight: hence we say, ‘such a one is a good Sightsman’.
3. ? One who takes sight with a pistol.
1790Bystander 169 How serious a thing it is to call all the duellists that ever lived, from the Roman Gladiators to the sightsmen of the present day, rascals. |