sight

• n. 視力；景象；眼界；見解
• vt. 看見；瞄準
• vi. 瞄準；觀看
• adj. 見票即付的；即席的

來自古英語 sihth,所見之物，視力，視野，來自 Proto-Germanic*sekh,看，來自 PIE*sekw,看， 詞源同 see.引申諸相關詞義。

sight

sight: [OE] Sight is a derivative of the prehistoric Germanic base *sekh-, which also produced English see. In the case of its Germanic relatives, German gesicht, Dutch gezicht, Swedish ansikte, and Danish ansigt, the notion of ‘sight’ has led on via ‘appearance’ to ‘face’.
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sight (n.)

Old English sihð, gesiht, gesihð "thing seen; faculty of sight; aspect; vision; apparition," from Proto-Germanic *sekh(w)- (cognates: Danish sigte, Swedish sigt, Middle Dutch sicht, Dutch zicht, Old High German siht, German Sicht, Gesicht), stem that also yielded Old English seon (see see (v.)), with noun suffix -th (2), later -t.

Verily, truth is sight. Therefore if two people should come disputing, saying, 'I have seen,' 'I have heard,' we should trust the one who says 'I have seen.' [Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 5.14.4]

Meaning "perception or apprehension by means of the eyes" is from early 13c. Meaning "device on a firearm to assist in aiming" is from 1580s. A "show" of something, hence, colloquially, "a great many; a lot" (late 14c.). Sight for sore eyes "welcome visitor" is attested from 1738; sight unseen "without previous inspection" is from 1892. Sight gag first attested 1944. Middle English had sighty (late 14c.) "visible, conspicuous; bright, shining; attractive, handsome;" c. 1400 as "keen-sighted;" mid-15c. as "discerning" (compare German sichtig "visible").

sight (v.)

1550s, "look at, view, inspect," from sight (n.). From c. 1600 as "get sight of," 1842 as "take aim along the sight of a firearm." Related: Sighted; sighting.

1. They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight.

他們觀察了這顆彗星70天，直至其慢慢從視線中消失。

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2. A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.

明亮的流星，或者說隕石，是番難忘的景象。

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3. We encountered the pathetic sight of a family packing up its home.

我們目睹了一家人正在收拾家當準備離開的淒慘景象。

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4. The Atlantic coast is within sight of the hotel.

從賓館可以看見大西洋海岸。

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5. Although people sometimes buy property sight unseen, it'sa remarkably bad idea.

盡管人們有時沒看房就買了房，但這真是一個很糟糕的主意。

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