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单词 sightman
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sightmann.

Etymology: < sight n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsightman.
Scottish.
One who is stationed to watch the movements of salmon.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > watcher of other specific things
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1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XI. 93 They are..called sightmen, because..they become wonderfully quick-sighted in discerning the motion and approach of..salmon.
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