单词 | vista |
释义 | vistan. 1. A view or prospect, especially one seen through an avenue of trees or other long and narrow opening. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery regardc1500 prospect1573 discovery1587 prospective1599 view1606 perspective1612 landscape?a1645 vista1657 coup d'œil1739 scape1773 survey1821 outlook1828 eyeshot1860 outscape1868 α. β. 1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland iv. 222 On several hands one sees a long Vista of streets.1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 25 The Temple ev'ry Moment grew, And ampler Vista's open'd to my View.1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 480 The flow'ry Landskip, and the gilded Dome, And Vistas op'ning to the wearied Eye.1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 298 But verging to decline, its splendours rise, Its vistas strike, its palaces surprise.1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 379 Near the tomb is obtained a splendid vista of Naples in all its glory.1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xi. 170 I stood looking wistfully over the gate..at the inviting vista of the green embroidered path.1873 T. W. Higginson Oldport Days x. 252 A piny dell gave some vista of the broad sea we were leaving.1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 97 This is one of the pleasantest Vistos in the Iland. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xii. 136 The Churches..standing gradually higher than one another, make the Visto from the Sea admirably pleasant. 1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd I. 131 A Landskip drawn by Claude Lorrain, or a Visto by Canalleto. 1798 T. Green Diary Lover of Lit. (1810) 83 We caught a grand view of it, extending in a long visto, and bounded by the opposite projecting points of Cary Sconce and Hurst Castle. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited iii. 49 It was impossible to look in any direction but along the narrowing visto of canal. 2. a. A long narrow opening (esp. one made on purpose) in a wood, etc., through which a view may be obtained, or which in itself affords a pleasant prospect; an avenue or glade. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > long narrow opening vista1671 glidec1710 enfilade1727 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > walk alleyc1405 alurea1450 mount1591 vista1671 crazy paving1923 tapis vert1960 α. figurative.1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 115 In the groves of their academy, at the end of every visto, you see nothing but the gallows. View more context for this quotationβ. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ii. 37 The woods lye disperst at due distance, and if any thing large, have lawnes or vista's cut through them.1732 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 376 Below the house and between the lakes is a little copsewood which is cut into vistas and serpentine walks.1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xiii. 60 He employ'd Hands to cut a Vista thro' a Coppice.1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 64 A winding road through a wood has undoubtedly more beauty than a vista.1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 75 The tops of the grass are cut away with a sickle so as to form a narrow vista for the passage of an arrow.1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry i. 36 A many-columned vista of a wood.1895 H. R. Haggard Heart of World xiv Everywhere stretched vistas that brought to my mind memories of the dimly-lighted nave of the great cathedral of Mexico.1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 29 A Mountaine in Provence which had a Visto thorough it. 1711 Hermit 25 Aug. 2/2 A Visto cut thro' a Hill for which the Workmen have not seen their Money. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 90 An old House that stood at the End of a Visto. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans IV. 214 Humphry employs himself..in hunting..cutting vistoes through the woods, or gardening. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. iii. 131 A fine park..[with] spacious vistoes, under which those who walked were shaded from the sun-beams. 1809 Child 36 Fathers (N.Y.) I. 182 My eyes..were suddenly attracted by a small visto of trees, which appeared to me well suited to the indulgence of meditation. b. An open corridor or long passage in or through a large building; an interior portion of a building affording a continuous view. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > passage or corridor > [noun] alley1363 tresance1428 passagea1525 gallery1541 trance1545 through-passage1575 lobby1596 passageway?1606 conduit1624 gangway1702 vista1708 glidec1710 aisle1734 gallery1756 corridor1814 traverse1822 heck1825 rotunda1847 scutchell1847 zaguan1851 aisleway1868 pend1893 dogtrot1901 fairway1903 dog run1904 dog walk1938 walkout1947 coulisse1949 α. β. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. ii. 20 Beyond this Room there were three others, reaching the length of the House, to which you passed through three Doors, opposite to each other, in the manner of a Vista.1806 A. Duncan Nelson's Funeral 37 The central aisle..forming in itself the grandest architectural vista in Europe.1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 Jan. in French & Italian Notebks. (1980) i. 15 The whole [sc. galleries of the Louvre] prolonged into infinite vistas by looking-glasses, that..multiplied everything forever.1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 15 The door at the end of the narrow little passage stood open, and the westward-fronting casement was shining like a jewel at the end of the vista.1708 London Gaz. No. 4414/3 Newington House built with Stone after the Italian manner, with a Visto through,..to be let. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 112 An abundance of good sizeable roomes leading one out of another in Visto's through the house, something Like our new way of building. 1735 W. Stukeley in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1883) II. 36 They have opened a visto from the lodg through the gallery, to the library. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] holec725 thirla900 eyeOE opena1200 opening?c1225 overturec1400 overta1425 wideness?c1425 howe1487 hiatus1563 vent1594 apertion1599 ferme1612 notch1615 sluice1648 gape1658 aperture1661 want1664 door1665 hiulcitya1681 to pass through the eye of a needle (also a needle's eye)1720 vista1727 light1776 ope1832 lacuna1872 doughnut hole1886 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xiii. 155 To search well, that there should be no subterraneous Communication..[but] finding no Visto that might be suspected, they ordered the Jougies to remove their great Water Jar. 3. figurative. a. A mental view or vision of a far-reaching nature. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > mental view one's mind's eyec1390 prospect1528 vista1673 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. iii. §8 It must infinitly more do so..if they please to open a visto into the other world. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. Pref. 3 I pretend only to make a kind of visto into the intelligible world. 1848 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation (1852) iii. 28 Those occasional intimations which open vistas into the mighty depths of God's counsels. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. viii. 178 The human heart takes in all the great vistas and reaches of human reason. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Dec. 6/1 The use of reading is to lighten the load of life, and to open vistas of thought which otherwise would be closed to us. b. A view or vision, in prospect or retrospect, of an extensive period of time or series of events, experiences, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession > of actions, conditions, or events > as viewed or envisaged vista1744 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 7 Through the long Visto of a thousand Years, To stand contemplating our distant Selves. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 3 They might see a long, dull, dreary, unvaried visto of despair and exclusion, for half a century, before them. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. i. 3 A sort of vision of future grandeur passed before me, in the distant vista of which I perceived a coach with four horses and a service of plate. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. Introd. 12 As yet we can gaze but dimly into the obscure vista of these early periods. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 409 Dr. Pauli..to whose strong historical vision a vista of a few centuries is nothing. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxx. 50 They see a long vista of years stretching out before them, in which they will have time enough to cure all their faults. 4. in vista, in continuous view. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > in sight in sight1377 there1535 in (full) view of1548 in prospect1555 in vista1786 1786 J. Kennedy Curiosities of Wilton House (new ed.) Introd. p. xxxvii The Rooms lie in Visto as a great Gallery. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania Pref. p. viii Like a monotonous and undeviating route to the traveller, who..beholds the object constantly in vista. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vii. 259 The level road with its aisle of poplars in perspective vista. Compounds vista-dome n. U.S. a high glass-sided railway carriage that enables passengers to look at the view from above the normal level of the train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > other types of passenger carriage caravan1821 private car1826 Jim Crow car1835 ladies' car1841 saloon car or carriage1842 palace car1844 ladies' carriage1847 parliamentary carriage1849 parlour car1859 composite carriage1868 Pullman1869 observation car1872 first1873 compo1878 bogie carriage1880 chair-car1880 club car1893 corridor carriage1893 tourist-car1895 birdcage1900 dog box1905 corridor coach1911 vista-dome1945 Stolypin1970 1945 Time 18 June 78/3 For travelers who like to watch the country go by, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad announced a new ‘Vista Dome’ car, to be put in operation next week. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Jan. 6/5 (advt.) The Vista-Dome affords a wonderful opportunity for camera fans. 1973 Guardian 17 Mar. 14/5 The ‘Rheingold’ from Basle to Amsterdam..has a vista-dome observation car. Derivatives ˈvistal adj. of the nature of a vista. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [adjective] > view or scenery scenic1784 vistal1860 vistaed1862 1860 M. Reid Wild Huntress i The squatter's clearing..is a mere vistal opening in the woods. ˈvistaless adj. devoid of any vista or prospect. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [adjective] > not viewless1788 vistaless1890 1890 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Feb. 242 Was Bombin's life more aimless quite Than the vistaless one of the Sybarite? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vistav. rare. 1. transitive. To make into vistas. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [verb (transitive)] > make into vistas vista1832 the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)] > to enable people to see lightOE vista1832 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram II. iv. vi. 291 The night had now closed in, and its darkness was only relieved by the wan lamps that vista'd the streets. 2. In past participle. Seen in vistas. ΚΠ 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur vii. xxviii And all the galleries vista'd through the wave. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmasVISTA VISTA n. Volunteers in Service to America. ΘΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > voluntary services peace corps1868 V.A.D.1915 W.V.S.1939 Voluntary Service Overseas1960 V.S.O.1960 meals on wheels1961 VISTA1964 W.R.V.S.1966 1964 Amer. Forests Oct. 13/1 The act provides for establishment of the Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA)—a sort of domestic peace corps. 1980 New Age (U.S.) Oct. 42/2 NOFA..sponsored VISTA workers to help set up farmers' markets in New Hampshire and Vermont. < n.1657v.1832 as lemmas |
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