| 释义 |
dissight|dɪsˈsaɪt, dɪˈsaɪt|
[f. dis- 9 + sight n. This form is more in accordance with analogy than the synonymous desight.]
Something unpleasant to look upon, an unsightly object, an eyesore.
c1710C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 148 It would be..no dissight to y⊇ grace of y⊇ Streets. 1821Southey Vis. of Judgm. Pref., This is noticed as merely a dissight, and of no moment. 1879Sir G. G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. 234 Sufficient extension of abutment could not be obtained without inconvenience or dissight. 1881A. R. Ellis Sylvestra II. 24 [He] pulled down a picturesque old church to replace it by a regular and commodious dissight. |