| 单词 | observation |
| 释义 | observation /ob'zerr vay"sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of noticing or perceiving. 2. an act or instance of regarding attentively or watching. 3. the faculty or habit of observing or noticing. 4. notice: to escape a person's observation. 5. an act or instance of viewing or noting a fact or occurrence for some scientific or other special purpose: the observation of blood pressure under stress. 6. the information or record secured by such an act. 7. something that is learned in the course of observing things: My observation is that such clouds mean a storm. 8. a remark, comment, or statement based on what one has noticed or observed. 9. the condition of being observed. 10. Navig. a. the measurement of the altitude or azimuth of a heavenly body for navigational purposes. b. the information obtained by such a measurement. 11. Obs. observance, as of the law. [1350-1400; ME < L observation- (s. of observatio), equiv. to observat(us) (ptp. of observare to OBSERVE) + -ion- -ION] Syn. 3. attention. 8. pronouncement, opinion. See remark. |
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