Word · Frequency #15550
sightseeing
观光；游览
the activity of visiting places of interest
- 1.
The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
外出观光游览的活动；旅游。
- 2.
going about to look at places of interest
游览观光；观光
外出观光游览的活动；旅游。；游览观光；观光；观光；游览
In use
We did some sightseeing before lunch.
Sightseeing is my favorite part of traveling to a new city.
They joined a sightseeing tour of the harbor.
go sightseeing
go sightseeing 是固定搭配，中间不加冠词。
We went sightseeing in the old town.
我们去老城区观光了。
do some sightseeing
do some sightseeing 强调把观光作为一项专门安排的活动。
I want to do some sightseeing while I'm in Beijing.
我在北京期间想去观光一下。
take a sightseeing tour (of ...)
sightseeing 作定语修饰 tour，后接 of 表示观光的地点。
We took a sightseeing tour of the city.
Connections
Collocations
- go sightseeing
- 去观光
- We went sightseeing around the old town.我们去老城区观光了。
- do some sightseeing
- 游览参观
- I'd like to do some sightseeing before the conference starts.我想在会议开始前游览参观一下。
- sightseeing tour
- 观光游览团
- They booked a sightseeing tour of the city.他们预订了城市观光游览团。
- sightseeing bus
- 观光巴士
- The open-top sightseeing bus stops near the museum.敞篷观光巴士停在博物馆附近。
- sightseeing spot
- 观光景点
- This square is one of the most popular sightseeing spots in Paris.这个广场是巴黎最受欢迎的观光景点之一。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 sight(看见)和 seeing(看)连在一起——眼睛一直看风景，就是观光。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：旅游指南、日常对话、行程安排 该词是中性常用词，多用于旅游、出行规划等日常场景，正式或非正式场合都比较自然；作名词时通常表示观光游览。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine sound matches: seeing, fleeing, agreeing and foreseeing all end with the same /iːɪŋ/ sound as the -seeing part of sightseeing. Watch out for lookalikes that sound different: sight (/saɪt/) and sighing (/ˈsaɪ.ɪŋ/) use the igh spelling pronounced /aɪ/, like bite or flying, not like the /iːɪŋ/ group.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.