| 单词 | lookout tower |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslookout tower a. attributive, designating a location or building from which a watch is kept, as lookout post, lookout station, lookout tower, etc. Cf. sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > look-out place garret1340 tooting-towera1382 watch-house1482 watchtower1544 watch-stand1610 beacon1611 mount1612 belfry1631 lookout1662 mirador1672 lookout tower1748 toot1770 watch point1893 observation post1909 lookout station1928 1685 B. Ringrose Bucaniers Amer. iv. xvi. 131 We espied three horsemen, who mounted the Look-out hill; and seeing us upon our march, they rid down full speed towards the City. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 259 On..some small eminencies there are several look-out towers. 1789 W. Knox Extra Official State Papers II. 17 Oglethorpe had constructed something of a look-out post. 1805 J. Horsburgh Mem. Navigation to & from China 16 On the northwest extremity of Chunpee is a fort..with a small look-out turret over it. 1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 663/2 We soon reach our old look-out spot. 1928 Daily Express 29 Aug. 2/5 The British Columbia fire ranger, whose lookout station is on Mount Cartier, 9,000 feet above sea level. 1939 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 23 Sept. 91/2 All kinds of secluded beauty spots and lookout points. 2004 R. George Treading Grapes (2005) 67 The tower was a lookout post. < as lemmas |
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