单词 | in sight |
释义 | > as lemmasin sight b. Without article, in the phrase in sight, out of sight. See also out of sight adv., adj., and n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > in sight in sight1377 there1535 in (full) view of1548 in prospect1555 in vista1786 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > out of sight out of sight1377 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 175 Blessed mote þei alle be..That neuere shal se me in siȝte as þow doste nouthe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15884 Petre he folud him on ferr, For durst he noght in sight. c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) xxxvii He wende that no mon hade him herd, For he seȝhe non in siȝte. 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Cviiiv Kepe Gods feare in sight. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) ii. lxxix. 231 For fear of their Creditors, they have all played least-in-sight. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 222 And hostile Troy was ever full in Sight. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 154 Bothwell Bridge was at a little distance, and also in sight. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 159 Goats in the meadows feeding without one watchman in sight. < as lemmas |
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