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line of sight

视线,视线范围,视线范围内,视力

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
    • : Astronomy. an imaginary line from an observer to a celestial body, coincident with the path traveled by light rays receivedfrom the body.
    • : Radio. a straight line connecting two points sufficiently high and near one another so that the line is entirely above the surface of the earth.
    • : Ophthalmology. line of vision.
    • : sightline.

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Examples

  • Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.

  • Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.

  • Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.

  • Is it any wonder that the interests of large corporations and unions get to the front of the line?

  • In the end, the line between magic and religion may be something of an artificial one.

  • 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.

  • In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.

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