| 释义 |
observe /ob- or əb-zûrvˈ/ transitive verb- To keep in view
- To watch
- To subject to systematic watching
- To regard attentively
- To watch critically and attentively in order to ascertain a fact
- To ascertain by such watching
- To notice
- To pay attention to
- To remark in words, to comment
- To comply with
- To act according to
- To heed and to carry out in practice
- To keep with ceremony
- To celebrate
- To keep (eg silence)
- To be deferential to or humour (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb- To take observations
- To make remarks
noun (Scot)A remark ORIGIN: Fr observer, from L observāre, -ātum, from ob towards, and servāre to keep observˈable adjective - Discernible, perceptible
- Worthy of note
- Notable
- To be observed
noun Something that can be observed by the senses, with or without the help of instrument(s) observˈableness noun observˈably adverb observˈance noun - The keeping of a law, rule or custom, or due performance of a duty or ceremony
- The keeping of a festival, etc with ceremony or according to custom
- A custom observed or to be observed
- A rule of religious life
- An order or company accepting it (esp the Observants), or their house
- A deferential act or treatment
- Watchful heed (Shakespeare)
- Now rarely, observation
observˈancy noun - Observance
- Observation
- A house of Observants
observˈant adjective - Observing
- Having powers of observing and noting
- Taking notice
- Keeping an observance
- Carefully attentive
noun- Someone who complies strictly with a custom, etc
- An obsequious attendant (Shakespeare)
Observˈant or Observˈantine /-ən-tin or -tēn/ noun A Franciscan friar of stricter rule observˈantly adverb observāˈtion noun - The act, or an act, of observing
- The habit, practice, or faculty of seeing and noting
- Attention
- The act of recognizing and noting phenomena as they occur in nature, as distinguished from experiment
- A reading of an instrument
- The result of such observing
- Watching
- That which is observed
- A remark
- The fact of being observed
- Now rarely, observance
observāˈtional adjective - Consisting of or containing observations or remarks
- Derived from observation, as distinguished from experiment
observāˈtionally adverb observˈative adjective - Observant
- Observational
obˈservātor noun (now rare or obsolete) - Someone who observes in any sense
- A remarker
observˈatory noun - A building or station for making astronomical and physical observations
- A viewpoint
- A spying-place
observˈer noun - A person who observes in any sense
- A person whose function it is to take observations
- Formerly, an airman who accompanied a pilot to observe, now a flying officer (qv)
- A member of the Royal Observer Corps, a uniformed civilian organization affiliated to the Royal Air Force
- Someone deputed to watch proceedings
observˈing adjective - Habitually taking notice
- Attentive
observˈingly adverb observation car noun A railway carriage designed to allow passengers to view scenery observation post noun A position (esp military) from which observations are made (and from which artillery fire is directed) |