单词 | first sight |
释义 | > as lemmasfirst sight first sight n. (a) see at first sight at sight n.1 6a, love at first sight at love n.1 Phrases 8; (b) attributive designating something occurring, made, etc., at first sight; †(c) that which is seen for the first time (obsolete).Sense (c) apparently represents an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > sight of something > [noun] > first sight sight1471 first sight1741 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lxiii. 419 Has extraordinary Notions of a First-sight Love. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iii. 48 Then your first sight deceived you; for I think him one of the most brazen first sights that ever astonished my senses. 1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home iii. 27 Without any first-sight vows of eternal friendship. 1921 A. R. Lord Princ. Politics vi. 156 This crude, first-sight democratic theory. 2010 L. Brandt Avenging Angels (Electronic ed.) Not the first-sight kind of love, mind you. < as lemmas |
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