释义 |
vision /vizhˈən/ noun- The act of seeing
- The faculty of sight
- Anything seen
- Television, esp as opposed to sound radio
- The picture on a television screen
- A look, glance
- A vivid concept or mental picture
- A person or scene of great beauty (sometimes ironically)
- A pleasing imaginative plan for, or anticipation of, future events
- An apparition
- A revelation, esp divine, in sleep or a trance (sometimes without article)
- The act or power of perceiving imaginative mental images
- Imaginative perception
- Foresight
- Mystical awareness of the supernatural
transitive verb- To see as a vision, to imagine
- To present, or to call up, as in a vision
ORIGIN: Fr, from L visiō, visiōnis, from vidēre, vīsum to see; cf Gr idein, Eng wit visie, vizˈy or vizzˈie noun (Scot) - /vizˈi/ a close or careful look
- Aim
- A sight on the muzzle of a gun
transitive verb and intransitive verb (Scot)- To look (at) closely
- To aim
visˈional adjective - Of or relating to a vision
- Derived from a vision
- Visionary, not real
- Relating to sight
visˈionally adverb visˈionariness noun visˈionary adjective - Capable of seeing visions
- Apt to see visions
- Given to reverie or fantasy
- Showing or marked by imagination or foresight
- Out of touch with reality, unpractical
- Of the nature of, or seen in, a vision, visional
- Fanciful, not real
- Impracticable
- Characterized by visions or fantasy
- Relating to physical or mental vision
noun- A person who sees visions
- A person who forms impracticable schemes
- A person of imagination or foresight
visˈioned adjective - Inspired so as to see visions
- Seen in a vision
- Produced by or associated with a vision
visˈioner noun A visionary visˈioning noun Seeing visions visˈionist noun - A person who professes to be a visionary
- A person who believes that the Biblical details of creation were revealed in vision
visˈionless adjective Destitute of vision vision mix noun vision mixer noun - A technician who blends or combines different camera shots in television or films
- A piece of equipment for doing this
vision thing noun (esp US) The need to take long-term objectives into account in formulating policy beatific vision see under beatify |