单词 | within eyeshot |
释义 | > as lemmaswithin (also in, out of, etc.) eyeshot 1. The range or distance within which it is possible to see or be seen; range of vision; presence; = view n. 5b. Only in prepositional phrases, as within (also in, out of, etc.) eyeshot. Also figurative. Cf. earshot n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > [noun] > range reach1542 eyeshot1600 scope1609 area1829 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > have faculty or power of sight [verb (intransitive)] > range of sight within (also in, out of, etc.) eyeshot1600 reach1885 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. i. sig. Oii When wee come in eye-shot or presence of this Ladie. View more context for this quotation ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 14 The inward sense or soule of the sacred Muse is onely within eye-shot of a Poeticall spirits inspection. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian ii. ii. 42 I am..out of eye-shot from the other Windows. 1741 D. Bellamy Perjur'd Devotee iv. 87 If Worthy were suspected to be within Eye-Shot of the House, what an Alarm we should have. 1789 J. Moore Zeluco I. xliv. 425 While he remains within eye-shot of this same Laura Seidlits. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 4 The instant he comes within eye-shot of the fulfilment of his hopes. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. 54 Boys beyond eyeshot of the tithing-man. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 876 Here in your sight and eyeshot of these men. 1922 Geogr. Rev. 12 184 Women..re-embark in the canoe out of eyeshot. 1981 Changing Times May 34/1 Another neighbor was generally within easy eyeshot just across the back fence. 2000 Nature Conservancy Jan. 17/2 Jaguars have been photographed this side of the border, both times within eyeshot of the southern crest of the Huachucas. < as lemmas |
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