单词 | as far as the eye can see |
释义 | > as lemmasas far as the eye can see j. as far as the eye can see and variants: as far as it is possible to see with one's eyes; for a long distance, over a large area. ΚΠ 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Naturall Questions xiii. xvii. in tr. Seneca Wks. 824 At that time as farre as the eie may aime there is nothing that can be discouered but water. 1673 J. Ogilby Asia 204/1 [The Streets] extend in a direct line as far as the Eye can discern. 1727 N. Hooke tr. A. M. Ramsay Trav. Cyrus II. viii. 131 In these Gardens were long Walks, which ran as far as the Eye could reach. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland i. 101 It is a glorious prospect, all waving hills of wheat as far as the eye can see. 1845 Knickerbocker Aug. 187 The blue ocean was as smooth as glass: scarcely a cat's-paw of wind could be traced, as far as the eyes could reach. 1870 E. Whymper Scrambles amongst Alps 102/2 The county was completely covered up by glacier: all was ice, as far as the eye could see. 1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 14/3 As far as the eye could see, just treeless, rolling prairie. 1977 Washington Post 9 Nov. b8/2 Traffic was backing up as far as the eye could see. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xxix. 241 Tracts of new housing stretch as far as the eye can see. < as lemmas |
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