sightseeingn.

Etymology: < sight n.¹ 1c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsight-seeing.

The action or occupation of seeing sights.

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society > travel > [noun] > travelling for pleasure > sight-seeing

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > sightseeing

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1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 21 Oct. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xv. 380 Morning rides, evening sight-seeing.

1847 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life III. 250 It involves what I have no taste for—i.e., sightseeing.

1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions xiv The duke escaped the sight-seeing which bored him.

attributive.1827 Mrs. B. Hall Let. 13 Dec. in Aristocratic Journey (1931) 146 This has been another regular sight-seeing day.1863 J. C. Jeaffreson Sir Everard's Daughter 87 Amongst the country folk..who paid Sharsted a sight~seeing visit.1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 109 Mrs. Livingston proposes a sight-seeing drive about the city.1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 July 6/3 The picnic party left the Gorge terminus during the early forenoon in the special sight-seeing car of the B.C. Electric Railway.1925 C. Morley Thunder on Left xiii. 170 People were always driving up in crowds to visit his secrets. Like sight-seeing busses loaded with excursionists.1976 National Observer (U.S.) 30 Oct. 5/1 I spotted an empty sightseeing bus moving slowly up Collins Avenue.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sightseeing
释义	sightseeingn. Etymology: < sight n.¹ 1c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsight-seeing. The action or occupation of seeing sights. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > travelling for pleasure > sight-seeing lion-hunting1770 sightseeing1824 lionizing1837 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > sightseeing sightseeing1824 1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 21 Oct. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xv. 380 Morning rides, evening sight-seeing. 1847 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life III. 250 It involves what I have no taste for—i.e., sightseeing. 1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions xiv The duke escaped the sight-seeing which bored him. attributive.1827 Mrs. B. Hall Let. 13 Dec. in Aristocratic Journey (1931) 146 This has been another regular sight-seeing day.1863 J. C. Jeaffreson Sir Everard's Daughter 87 Amongst the country folk..who paid Sharsted a sight~seeing visit.1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 109 Mrs. Livingston proposes a sight-seeing drive about the city.1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 July 6/3 The picnic party left the Gorge terminus during the early forenoon in the special sight-seeing car of the B.C. Electric Railway.1925 C. Morley Thunder on Left xiii. 170 People were always driving up in crowds to visit his secrets. Like sight-seeing busses loaded with excursionists.1976 National Observer (U.S.) 30 Oct. 5/1 I spotted an empty sightseeing bus moving slowly up Collins Avenue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1824
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