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backsight

/bak-sahyt/US // ˈbækˌsaɪt //UK // (ˈbækˌsaɪt) //

后视,后视镜,背视,背影

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Surveying.

    • : a sight on a previously occupied instrument station.
    • : the reading on a rod that is held on a point of known elevation, used in computing the elevation of the instrument.

Examples

  • The tiny figures seen over the slide of the backsight seemed a little larger, but also fewer at each successive volley.

  • "Come quick," he shouted, adjusting the backsight of a rifle.