sight

視力、視覚

目でものを見る能力。

やさしい英語で： The ability to see with your eyes.

• His sight is getting worse.
• She lost her sight as a child.
• The treatment restored some of his sight.

類義語： vision, eyesight

反対語： blindness

よく使う表現： lose your sight, poor sight, sense of sight

光景、眺め

目に映るもの。特に強い感情を起こさせる眺め。

やさしい英語で： Something you see, especially something that causes a strong feeling.

• The flowers were a beautiful sight.
• Her smiling face was a welcome sight.
• We saw some strange sights on our journey.

類義語： scene, spectacle

よく使う表現： a beautiful sight, a welcome sight, a strange sight, a familiar sight

見ること、目にすること

人やものを実際に見ること、またはその経験。

やさしい英語で： The act or experience of seeing someone or something.

• The sight of blood made him faint.
• We caught sight of a deer.
• She cried at the sight of her old home.

使い方： the sight of someone/something (The sight of her dog made her smile.); catch/lose sight of someone/something (I lost sight of the boat in the fog.)

類義語： view, glimpse

よく使う表現： catch sight of, the sight of, lose sight of

名所、観光名所

見る価値があるとして、人々が訪れる場所やもの。

やさしい英語で： A place or thing that people visit because it is interesting to see.

• The castle is the town’s most famous sight.
• We spent the morning seeing the sights.
• Which sights should we visit first?

類義語： attraction

よく使う表現： see the sights, a famous sight, a tourist sight

照準器

銃などの武器で、標的に狙いを定めるための部品。

やさしい英語で： A part of a gun or other weapon that helps you aim at a target.

• The rifle has a new sight.
• He adjusted the sight before firing.
• She looked through the sight at the distant target.

よく使う表現： a rifle sight, a telescopic sight, adjust the sight

発見する、見つける

探していたものや遠くにあるものを見つける。

やさしい英語で： To notice or see something, often after looking for it or from far away.

• We sighted land at dawn.
• The crew sighted a whale near the boat.
• Have any hikers sighted the missing dog?

類義語： spot, see

よく使う表現： sight land, sight a whale, sight something offshore

照準を調整する

狙った場所に弾が当たるよう、銃の照準器を取り付けたり調整したりする。

やさしい英語で： To fit or adjust a gun’s aiming device so that its shots go where you aim.

• He sighted the rifle carefully.
• We sighted in the new gun at the range.
• Can you sight this rifle before the competition?

使い方： sight something in (She sighted the rifle in at the shooting range.)

類義語： zero

よく使う表現： sight a rifle, sight a gun, sight something in