Word · Frequency #1298
sight
看见;瞥见
To see or catch sight of something
- 1.
To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
看见;目睹;视觉上注意到。
- 2.
To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
安装瞄准具;调整瞄准具。
- 3.
To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
用(枪的)瞄准具观察或瞄准。
用瞄准具瞄准;给……装瞄准器;校准瞄准器;看见;目睹;视觉上注意到。;安装瞄准具;调整瞄准具。;用(枪的)瞄准具观察或瞄准。
In use
After days of fog, the crew finally sighted the coast.
Birdwatchers often sight rare species in this wetland.
We sighted a deer near the edge of the woods at dusk.
Verb forms
base sight · third person sights · -ing sighting · past sighted · past participle sighted
Connections
Collocations
- sight land
- 望见陆地;看到陆地
- After days at sea, the explorers finally sighted land.在海上航行数日之后,探险者们终于望见了陆地。
- sight a whale
- 发现鲸鱼;看到鲸鱼
- We sighted a whale near the shore this morning.今天早上我们看到岸边附近有一条鲸鱼。
- sight the target
- 瞄准目标
- The soldier sighted the target through his rifle scope.士兵通过步枪瞄准镜瞄准了目标。
- sight down the barrel
- 沿枪管瞄准
- She sighted down the barrel and adjusted her aim.她沿枪管瞄准,并调整了瞄准方向。
- sight in a rifle
- 校准步枪瞄准具
- I need to sight in my rifle before the shooting competition.射击比赛前,我需要校准我的步枪瞄准具。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sight的i像一只眼睛,看见东西就是sight;作动词也表示看见、瞄准。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:看见/发现的书面或正式叙述场景、枪械瞄准具安装、校准或使用的技术场景 sight 作动词时不属于日常口语词:作“看见、发现”讲时比较正式,多用于书面叙述;作“安装/校准瞄准具、用瞄准具瞄准”讲时是枪械领域的技术用法。日常交流中更常说 see 或 look at。
Grammar Note
及物动词时意为看见或瞄准;不及物动词时意为瞄准,常与at连用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 sight /saɪt/ 真正押韵(同韵脚 /aɪt/)且拼写同为 -ight 的词:night、right、light、bright。site /saɪt/ 与 sight 同音,但拼写为 -ite。注意 sigh /saɪ/ 拼写相似(含 -igh),但读作 /saɪ/,没有 /t/ 尾音,不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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