sighting

[US]/'saɪtɪŋ/
[UK]/'saɪtɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 照準;瞄準;視線
v. 看見(sight的ing形式)
Word Forms
現在分詞sighting
複數sightings

Phrases & Collocations

at first sight

乍一看;初看之下

in sight

adv. 在即,在望;看得見;被看到

out of sight

看不見;在視野之外;在看不見的地方

first sight

第一眼;乍看起來;初見

lose one's sight

失明;失去視力

lose sight of

忽田;不再看見

at sight

一見就

line of sight

視線;瞄準線

catch sight of

看到;瞥見

on sight

一見就,立即

within sight

在視線內;[軍]在望遠鏡的觀測範圍內;在望

sight draft

[經]即期匯票

draft at sight

即期匯票

in sight of

在看得見...的位置

within sight of

能看見;在看得見…的地方;在即(等於in sight of)

a sight of

非常多的

lost sight of

看不見;丟掉

payable at sight

見票即付

Example Sentences

a sighting of a whale in the harbor; a reported sighting of a UFO.

在港口看到一條鯨魚;一篇看到不明飛行物的報道

recent sightings have raised hopes that otters are making a return.

人們近來數次見到水獺,這使他們產生了水獺正在迴歸的希望。

The police are now following up a number of reported sightings of the missing woman’s car.

有多項報告說看見失蹤婦人的汽車,警方正在進行調查。

* Yowie sighting - In 1987, the Alice Springs police station received a call from a frightened family.

*發現野人--1987年,愛麗絲溫泉警察局接到一個受驚嚇的人家打來的電話,該家庭上午狩獵野兔後,準備歇息一會兒。

Cao Xing, among the soldiers, sneakingly drew his bow and, sighting his target well, shot Xiahou Dun in his left eye.

陣上曹性看見,暗地拈弓搭箭,覷得親切,一箭射去,正中夏侯惇左目。

The sighting of a rare bird excited the birdwatchers.

鳥類觀察者們對一隻稀有鳥類的發現感到興奮。

The UFO sighting was reported to the authorities.

有人向當局報告了不明飛行物的目擊。

The police are investigating the reported Bigfoot sighting.

警方正在調查報告的大腳怪目擊事件。

She claimed to have a ghost sighting in the old house.

她聲稱在那座老房子裏看到了鬼魂。

The whale sighting tour was a popular attraction for tourists.

鯨魚觀察之旅是遊客們的熱門景點。

The sighting of the comet was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

看到彗星是一次終生難忘的經歷。

The reported Loch Ness Monster sighting turned out to be a hoax.

據稱的尼斯湖水怪目擊事件最終被證明是一個騙局。

The sighting of a shooting star brought good luck according to superstition.

根據迷信,看到流星會帶來好運。

The safari guide pointed out a lion sighting in the distance.

遊獵導遊指出遠處有獅子出現。

The reported alien sighting sparked a frenzy of media coverage.

據稱的外星人目擊引發了媒體的瘋狂報道。

Real-world Examples

So current, plankton, weather, wind as these are all things that may influence manta sightings.

因此,洋流、浮游生物、天氣條件和風速都可能會影響我們對蝠鱝的觀察。

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2021 Collection

There have been very few sightings since.

自那之後,就很少有人看見了。

Source: VOA Special October 2017 Collection

That's in case there's a sighting of him in this city.

那是爲了在這個城市一睹他的英姿。

Source: Authentic American English Listening Podcast (Slow)

The red dot meant it was a rare sighting.

這個紅點表示很少見。

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

They never reported the sighting because it would hurt the sick narrative.

他們從來不報道這些,因爲這會傷害到病人當事人。

Source: Listening Digest

Now there is a sighting of tornado near New Castle, Oklahoma.

現在龍捲風已經來到了俄克拉荷馬州紐卡斯爾市。

Source: NPR News May 2013 Compilation

On the cliffs above shark spotters used to take these sightings for granted.

在這岸邊,鯊魚巡視員過去常常能看見它們。

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2019 Collection

Norwegian police investigating 10 sightings of medium-sized unidentified drones over these exercises.

挪威警方正在對演習期間出現的10次中型不明身份的無人機進行調查。

Source: CNN Selects December 2016 Collection

An actual waitress sighting in this dump.

這破地方居然還有個女招待。

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

Recently developed smartphone apps permit users to report shark sightings in real time.

最近開發的智能手機應用程序允許用戶實時報道看到的鯊魚。

Source: VOA Special June 2023 Collection

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