sight

• n. 視力; 視野; 意見
• vt.見る；狙う
• vi.
• adj. ペイ?アズ?ユー?ゴー; レディ?トゥ?ゴー

古英語のsihth, sight, vision, viewから、原語ゲルマン語*sekh, to seeから、PIE*sekw, to seeから、語源的にはseeと同じ。

sight

sight: [OE] Sight is a derivative of the prehistoric Germanic base *sekh-, which also produced English see. In the case of its Germanic relatives, German gesicht, Dutch gezicht, Swedish ansikte, and Danish ansigt, the notion of ‘sight’ has led on via ‘appearance’ to ‘face’.
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sight (n.)

Old English sihe, gesiht, gesihe "thing seen; faculty of sight; aspect; vision; apparition," from Proto-Germanic *sekh(w)- (cognates: Danish sigte, Swedish sigt, Middle Dutch sicht, Dutch zicht, Old High German siht, German Sicht, Gesicht), stem that also yielded Old English seon (see see (v.)), with noun suffix -th (2), later -t.

Verily, truth is sight. Therefore if two people should come disputing, saying, 'I have seen,' 'I have heard,' we should trust the one who says 'I have seen.' [Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 5.14.4]

Meaning "perception or apprehension by means of the eyes" is from early 13c. Meaning "device on a firearm to assist in aiming" is from 1580s. A "show" of something, hence, colloquially, "a great many; a lot" (late 14c.). Sight for sore eyes "welcome visitor" is attested from 1738; sight unseen "without previous inspection" is from 1892. Sight gag first attested 1944. Middle English had sighty (late 14c.) "visible, conspicuous; bright, shining; attractive, handsome;" c. 1400 as "keen-sighted;" mid-15c. as "discerning" (compare German sichtig "visible").

sight (v.)

1550s, "look at, view, inspect," from sight (n.). From c. 1600 as "get sight of," 1842 as "take aim along the sight of a firearm." Related: Sighted; sighting.

1. They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight .

彼らはこの彗星がゆっくりと視界から消えるまで70日間観察した。

2.A bright shooting star，or meteor，is an unforgettable sight .

明るい流星、あるいは隕石は、忘れられない光景だ。

3.We encountered the pathetic sight of a family packing up its home.

家族が家を片付けて出かけようとしている凄惨な光景を目撃した。

4.The Atlantic coast is within sight of the hotel.

ホテルから大西洋海岸が見える。

5.Although people sometimes buy property sight unseen，it 'sa remarkably bad idea.

部屋を見ずに家を買ってしまうこともあるが、これは本当に悪い考えだ。