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at first sight

/sahyt/US // saɪt //UK // (saɪt) //

乍看之下,一见钟情,一见如故

Related Words

appearance外观,外貌,样子,外观设计perception感知,观念,感知力,感觉eye眼睛,眼,眼球,眼部vision愿景,视觉,视野,视力view观点,查看,视图,景观parade巡游,巡行,巡展,巡游活动display展示,展示的,展示的是scene现场,现场情况spectacle壮观的景象,壮观的场面,景观,场景ken肯eyesight视力,眼力,眼神,眼光seeing看到的,看到了,看到,看到的是apprehension忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心visibility知名度,能见度,可见性,可见度afterimage残影,后影,残像,残图eyeshot视觉冲击,视觉效果,视觉冲击力,视觉冲击波apperception观察力,知觉,领悟力,感知力exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现vista愿景,视觉,景观,视野pageant选美,选美比赛,选拔赛,选美活动

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
    • : an act, fact, or instance of seeing.
    • : one's range of vision on some specific occasion: Land is in sight.
    • : a view; glimpse.
    • : mental perception or regard; judgment.
    • : something seen or worth seeing; spectacle: the sights of London.
    • : Informal. something unusual, surprising, shocking, or distressing: They were a sight after the fight.
    • : Commerce. presentation of a bill of exchange: a draft payable at two months after sight.a showing of goods, especially gems, held periodically for wholesalers.
    • : Older Use. a multitude; great deal: It's a sight better to work than to starve.
    • : an observation taken with a surveying, navigating, or other instrument to ascertain an exact position or direction.
    • : any of various mechanical or optical viewing devices, as on a firearm or surveying instrument, for aiding the eye in aiming.
    • : Obsolete. skill; insight.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to see, glimpse, notice, or observe: to sight a ship to the north.
    • : to take a sight or observation of, especially with surveying or navigating instruments.
    • : to direct or aim by a sight or sights, as a firearm.
    • : to provide with sights or adjust the sights of, as a gun.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to aim or observe through a sight.
    • : to look carefully in a certain direction.

Phrases

  • sight for sore eyes, a
  • sight unseen
  • at first blush (sight)
  • at sight
  • can't stand the sight of
  • catch sight of
  • heave into sight
  • in sight
  • know by sight
  • lose sight of
  • love at first sight
  • lower one's sights
  • on sight
  • out of sight
  • raise one's sights
  • second sight
  • see the sights
  • set one's sights on
  • twenty-twenty hindsight

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inprima facie
Synonyms
appearing出现,出现的,出现在,出现了at the first blush乍看之下,乍一看,乍一听,一看就知道evidential证据性的,证据性,证据,有证据的
as inostensively
Synonyms
allegedly据称,据称是,涉嫌as if犹如,彷彿,彷佛,如同as though恍若,恍如,仿佛,彷佛at a glance一览表,一目了然,一览,一览无余evidently显然,显而易见,很明显,可见externally对外,在外部,外部,外部的in all likelihood很可能,很有可能,想必,很可能是intuitively直观地,直觉地,直观地讲,直观地认为it appears that看来,看起来,看来是,看上去it seems that看来,似乎,看起来most likely最有可能的是,最有可能,最有可能是,最有可能的on the face of it从表面上看,表面上看,表面上看是这样ostensibly表面上是,表面上看,表面上,表面上看是outwardly向外,外表上,外表上看,外在的plausibly似是而非地,似是而非,似是而非的,似乎possibly可能,可能是,也许,可能的probably可能,大概,也许,或许professedly宣称的,宣称,自称是,宣称是reasonably合理地,合理的,合理,按理说reputably有信誉的,声誉良好,有信誉,声誉良好的seemingly似乎是,貌似,貌似是,似乎是的speciously似是而非地,似是而非,似是而非的,巧合地superficially表面上看,表面上看是,肤浅地,表面上supposedly据称,据说,据说是,据称是tangibly切实地,切实,切实可行,切实可行地to all appearances貌合神离,从表面上看是这样的
as inapparently
Synonyms
allegedly据称,据称是,涉嫌ostensibly表面上是,表面上看,表面上,表面上看是possibly可能,可能是,也许,可能的probably可能,大概,也许,或许supposedly据称,据说,据说是,据称是as if犹如,彷彿,彷佛,如同as though恍若,恍如,仿佛,彷佛at a glance一览表,一目了然,一览,一览无余in all likelihood很可能,很有可能,想必,很可能是intuitively直观地,直觉地,直观地讲,直观地认为it appears that看来,看起来,看来是,看上去it seems that看来,似乎,看起来most likely最有可能的是,最有可能,最有可能是,最有可能的on the face of it从表面上看,表面上看,表面上看是这样outwardly向外,外表上,外表上看,外在的plausibly似是而非地,似是而非,似是而非的,似乎professedly宣称的,宣称,自称是,宣称是reasonably合理地,合理的,合理,按理说reputably有信誉的,声誉良好,有信誉,声誉良好的speciously似是而非地,似是而非,似是而非的,巧合地superficially表面上看,表面上看是,肤浅地,表面上tangibly切实地,切实,切实可行,切实可行地to all appearances貌合神离,从表面上看是这样的

Examples

  • After losing his sight to smallpox in 1759 at the age of 2, John Gough developed a heightened sense of touch.

  • Consistency of posting is also key to staying Instagram-relevant, hence the need to be visible and active to remain in users’ sight.

  • Amid the maelstrom of negative news about the dangers of misinformation and the exploitation of private data, it’s easy to lose sight of how technology might help.

  • Use the right mix of short-tail, long-tail, geo-targeting, and LSI keywords to help your business become a frequent sight on the first page of Google for industry-specific and local searches.

  • Last week, you set your sights on breaking baseball records, albeit in a shortened season.

  • There was the obvious sight gags of Valerie not realizing who everyone was clapping for, when the party was clapping for her.

  • The gathering of the thousands of cops had been a soul-stirring sight.

  • Thanks to the Atlanta case, they can now see another in plain sight.

  • I wonder if the seasoned salesman can spot the billionaires on sight.

  • In the afternoon, about a thousand people marched in protest through the largest Prague square, with police nowhere in sight.

  • And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.

  • A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

  • But at the instant I caught a sight of my counterfeit presentment in a shop window, and veiled my haughty crest.

  • The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.

  • At the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.

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