英语词汇“to catch sight of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to catch sight of.Cf. to lose sight of at sight n.¹ 4c.

(a) To see suddenly; to come suddenly in view of.

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a1726 M. Ashley-Cooper tr. Xenophon Cyropædia (1728) I. ii. 204 An Eagle of happy Omen flying towards them, caught Sight of the Hare as it run.

1797 J. Douglas Hist. Julia D'Haumont I. xi. 198 Being placed with her head towards the fire, lest, catching sight of the portrait, she might again relapse into a fit.

1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific ix. 115 I caught sight of a huge seal waddling up out of the water.

1888 West Shore (Portland, Oregon) Mar. 144/2 How I strained my eyes to catch sight of him ahead, as I rounded every curve and angle!

1971 V. Canning Queen's Pawn ii. 32 She caught sight of her face in the small mirror over the kitchen table.

2014 New Yorker 27 Oct. 13/2 The disconcerting change in perspective that occurs when an astronaut first catches sight of the Earth from space.

(b) figurative. To perceive intellectually; to understand; to gain insight into.

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1824 tr. E. De Jouy Sylla Hist. Preamble p. xxvii A theory by which I think I have caught sight of the solution of the great dramatic question which at this moment shares the attention of the literary world.

1885 Cent. Mag. May 76/1 Emerson apparently never caught sight of the fact that in humanity there is a reversal of those laws by which matter and brute-life led up to man.

1902 B. Kidd Princ. Western Civilization x. 343 We catch sight..for the first time in history, of a conception round which a practical system of world-politics..is actually slowly beginning to centre.

1969 A. Lingis tr. E. Lévinas Totality & Infinity 21 Does not lucidity..consist in catching sight of the permanent possibility of war?

2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Feb. (Late ed.) (Film section) 1 The show reveals what the industry is thinking in the moment and lets us catch sight of the future.

单词	to catch sight of
释义	> as lemmas to catch sight of b. to catch sight of.Cf. to lose sight of at sight n.¹ 4c. (a) To see suddenly; to come suddenly in view of. ΚΠ a1726 M. Ashley-Cooper tr. Xenophon Cyropædia (1728) I. ii. 204 An Eagle of happy Omen flying towards them, caught Sight of the Hare as it run. 1797 J. Douglas Hist. Julia D'Haumont I. xi. 198 Being placed with her head towards the fire, lest, catching sight of the portrait, she might again relapse into a fit. 1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific ix. 115 I caught sight of a huge seal waddling up out of the water. 1888 West Shore (Portland, Oregon) Mar. 144/2 How I strained my eyes to catch sight of him ahead, as I rounded every curve and angle! 1971 V. Canning Queen's Pawn ii. 32 She caught sight of her face in the small mirror over the kitchen table. 2014 New Yorker 27 Oct. 13/2 The disconcerting change in perspective that occurs when an astronaut first catches sight of the Earth from space. (b) figurative. To perceive intellectually; to understand; to gain insight into. ΚΠ 1824 tr. E. De Jouy Sylla Hist. Preamble p. xxvii A theory by which I think I have caught sight of the solution of the great dramatic question which at this moment shares the attention of the literary world. 1885 Cent. Mag. May 76/1 Emerson apparently never caught sight of the fact that in humanity there is a reversal of those laws by which matter and brute-life led up to man. 1902 B. Kidd Princ. Western Civilization x. 343 We catch sight..for the first time in history, of a conception round which a practical system of world-politics..is actually slowly beginning to centre. 1969 A. Lingis tr. E. Lévinas Totality & Infinity 21 Does not lucidity..consist in catching sight of the permanent possibility of war? 2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Feb. (Late ed.) (Film section) 1 The show reveals what the industry is thinking in the moment and lets us catch sight of the future. extracted from catchv. < as lemmas
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