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单词 sight
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sightnoun

uk/saɪt/us/saɪt/

sight noun (ABILITY TO SEE)

B1 [ U ] the ability to see:

If your sight is poor, you should not drive a car.
The old woman has lost her sight (= has become blind).
See also
eyesight

More examples

  • She suffers from a sight defect.
  • He has no sight in his left eye.
  • We will know in a couple of days if the operation to restore her sight was successful.
  • Doctors have restored his sight.
  • She lost her sight after a car accident.

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Eyesight, glasses & lenses

  • (as) blind as a bat idiom
  • 20/20 vision
  • age-related macular degeneration
  • AMD
  • Balint's syndrome
  • blepharospasm
  • blind side
  • blindly
  • ciliary
  • cross-eyed
  • dispensing optician
  • horn-rimmed
  • lorgnette
  • nearsighted
  • ophthalmologist
  • optic
  • optometrist
  • sightless
  • spectacle
  • twenty-twenty vision

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The senses in general

sight noun (VIEW)

B2 [ C or S or U ] something that is in someone's view:

The flowers at the annual flower show were a beautiful sight.
You should always keep sight of your bags (= have them where you can see them) while you're at the airport.
informal He was a real sight in his old clothes (= he looked messy or silly).
The child laughed at the sight of (= when she saw) the new toy.
formal The lawyer requested sight of (= to see) the papers.
I don't dare let the children out of my sight (= go where I cannot see them) at the park.
The police officer was hidden out of sight (= where he could not be seen) behind a tree.
The castle came into sight (= started to be able to be seen) as we went round a bend in the road.
We're looking for a house which is within sight of (= from which it is possible to see) the mountains.
figurative After three years of campaigning, the end is finally in sight (= will happen soon) for Jon.
I caught sight of (= saw for a moment) my former teacher while I was out shopping today, but she turned a corner and I lost sight of (= could no longer see) her.
"Do you know David Wilson?" "I haven't met him, but I know him by sight (= I recognize him, but do not know him)."
informal She hated/loathed the sight of (= hated) her former husband.
informal They used to be very good friends, but now they can't bear/stand the sight of (= hate) each other.
The question seemed easy at first sight (= when they first saw it), but when the students tried to answer it, they discovered how difficult it was.
the sights

B1 places of interest, especially to visitors:

We spent a week in Rome looking at all the sights.
sight unseen

without seeing something first:

I never buy anything sight unseen.

More examples

  • The sky was a perfect blue - not a cloud in sight.
  • It was an affecting sight.
  • I cringed at the sight of my dad dancing.
  • The car decelerated at the sight of the police car.
  • He faints at the sight of blood.

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Using the eyes

  • before your very eyes idiom
  • beheld
  • bore
  • breathe
  • come to sb's attention/notice idiom
  • dart
  • eye
  • feast
  • gawk
  • get a load of that! idiom
  • get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
  • keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
  • look-see
  • observational
  • out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
  • passer-by
  • rest
  • sneak
  • squint
  • visual

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Tourism & holidays

sight noun (MUCH)

a sight informal

a lot; much:

Food is a darn/damn sight more expensive than it used to be.
UK He's a sight better than he was yesterday.

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Masses and large amounts of things

  • accumulation
  • an embarrassment of riches idiom
  • any number of things idiom
  • backlog
  • battery
  • boatload
  • bolus
  • clot
  • deluge
  • fund
  • lashing
  • lather
  • outpouring
  • panoply
  • plethora
  • predominance
  • preponderance
  • sheet
  • shower
  • thousand

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sight noun (GUN PART)

[ C usually plural ] a part of a gun or other device through which you look to help you aim at something:

Make sure you line up the sights before you fire the gun.

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Parts of guns

  • barrel
  • bore
  • business end
  • butt
  • clip
  • flint
  • gauge
  • hammer
  • holster
  • magazine
  • muffler
  • muzzle
  • ramrod
  • safety catch
  • silencer
  • stock
  • trigger
  • turret

Idiom(s)

get out of my sight!
lose sight of sth
lower your sights
out of sight
out of sight, out of mind
set your sights on sth
a sight for sore eyes

sightverb [ T ]

uk/saɪt/us/saɪt/

to suddenly see something or someone:

After days at sea, the sailors finally sighted land.

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Using the eyes

  • before your very eyes idiom
  • beheld
  • bore
  • breathe
  • come to sb's attention/notice idiom
  • dart
  • eye
  • feast
  • gawk
  • get a load of that! idiom
  • get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
  • keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
  • look-see
  • observational
  • out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
  • passer-by
  • rest
  • sneak
  • squint
  • visual

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