| 单词 | to lower one's sights |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lower one's sights b. A device, of the nature of a projection or notch, on a firearm or piece of ordnance, etc., to assist in taking aim; a telescopic device or other optical aid designed for this purpose; in one's sights, visible through the sights of one's gun; also figurative, esp. in to raise one's sights, to adopt a more ambitious objective (similarly to lower one's sights).In firearms and ordnance the sights are usually two in number, one at or near the muzzle and the other near the breech, the latter being adjustable so as to vary with the distance. In large guns the forms are often very complex. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instrument for distant vision > [noun] > sights sight1588 telescope-sight1674 telescopic sight1674 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > sight sight1588 level1611 vizy1828 gun-sight1867 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > in sights of gun in one's sights1942 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire [verb (intransitive)] affect?a1425 aspirec1460 affectate1560 to think big1903 trod1909 to raise one's sights1950 1588 C. Lucar tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting 18 When the levell sight which is set uppon the mouth of the peece is precisely so high as the levell sight which is set uppon the taile of the peece. 1594 J. Smythe Certen Instr. Militarie 191 All their mosquets should be of one heigth or caliver of bullets with open sights. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. The sight of a crosse-bow, het gesight. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 1128 The sight in a gun or cross-bow, scutula. 1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 34 The foresight is aligned through the back sight with the object. 1890 Times 6 Dec. 15/3 Thousands of rounds were fired so rapidly..that in some cases the sights were actually melted. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 20 I've got 'im in my sights, and 'e's getting bigger all the time. 1950 Economist 9 Dec. 1002/2 The United States must now raise its sights, in terms of both manpower and production. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 151 Colonel Marshall..had helped greatly in raising our sights as to the magnitude of the production task. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 339 It is in part the competition between societies that is forcing us to readjust our educational sights. 1959 N.Z. Listener 10 July 4/2 I did, for many months, seeing apprehensively that the Army would be raising its sights on compulsory marshalling of our manpower little by little. 1962 Times 26 Apr. 7/3 Set your sights a little higher than the kitchen and try to trim your appearance to the job. 1962 Times 5 Dec. 4/3 Lawry setting his sights on a century. 1967 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 5 Dec. (1970) 596 First, he said, we have raised our sights. We have set our national goals to have a clean country. 1971 Nature 31 Dec. 499/2 Two years ago, the Government Actuary was estimating that the population would have grown from 56 million at present to..68 million by the turn of the century, but he has since been forced by more recent trends to lower his sights. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 35 They were not Gloucestershire batsmen at the other end of my sights that day but the England selectors. < as lemmas |
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