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单词 vista
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vistan.

Brit. /ˈvɪstə/, U.S. /ˈvɪstə/
Forms: Also 1600s–1800s visto.
Etymology: < Italian vista (also Spanish vista, Portuguese vista) , < Latin vīs- , participial stem of vidēre to see. The form visto exhibits the common tendency to substitute -o for -a in adoptions of Romanic words: compare -ado suffix .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
b. An open corridor or long passage in or through a large building; an interior portion of a building affording a continuous view.
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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.
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.
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.
c. An opening or passage-way. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
attributive.1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 264 Catching every now and then a vista vision of ten thousand ducats.
b. A view or vision, in prospect or retrospect, of an extensive period of time or series of events, experiences, etc.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Brit. /ˈvɪstə/, U.S. /ˈvɪstə/
Etymology: < vista n.
rare.
1. transitive. To make into vistas.
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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).

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VISTA
VISTA n. Volunteers in Service to America.
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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.
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