sighting

sight /saÇt/ n

၁။ [U] အမြင်အာရုံ။ မျက်စိ။ lose one's sight မျက်စိကွယ်သည်။ ❍ have good/poor sight and hearing ❍ The disease has affected her sight.
၂။ [U] ~ of sth/sb မြင်ရခြင်း။ တွေ့ခြင်း။ After ten days at sea we had our first sight of land. ❍ faint at the sight of blood.
၃။ [U] မြင်ကွင်း။ မျက်စိအောက်။ မျက်မှောက်။ She looked around for help but there was no one in sight. ❍ He ate everything in sight. ❍ The train came round the bend and into sight. ❍ Put the parcel in the drawer out of sight. ❍ They walked until they were out of sight of the house. ❍ You must keep out of sight (ie stay where you cannot be seen). ❍ The plane disappeared from sight. ❍ She never let the child out of her sight. ❍ ‘Get out of my sight (ie Go away)!’ he said angrily. ❍ (fig ) The end of the project is almost in/within sight.
၄။ (က) [C] မြင်ကွင်း။ ရှုခင်း။ a museum recreating the sights and sounds of wartime Britain ❍ The flowers are a lovely sight in spring. ❍ Homeless people are now a familiar sight on our streets. ❍ Victoria Station was a welcome sight to me after my long journey. (ခ) sights [pl] ကြည့်ရှုစရာ။ ရှုခင်း။ see the sights ❍ If you come to Edinburgh I'll show you the sights.
၅။ a sight [sing] (infml ) ရုပ်။ ပုံ။ What a sight you look in those clothes!
၆။ [C usu pl ] (သေနတ်၊ အမြောက် စသည်တွင်)ချိန်သီးနှင့်ချိန်ခွက်။ မှန်ပြောင်း စသည် ဆိုက်။ ချိန်ကွက်။ the sights of a rifle ❍ have sb/sth in one's sights.
v တွေ့သည်။ မြင်သည်။ After twelve days at sea, we sighted land.
❏ at/on sight [IDM ] တွေ့သည်နှင့်တစ်ပြိုင်နက်။ Soldiers were ordered to shoot on sight anybody trying to enter the building.
❏ hate , be sick of , etc the sight of sb/sth [IDM ] (infml ) ကြည့်မရနိုင်ဖြစ်သည်။ မျက်စိနောက်သည်။ I can't stand the sight of him! ❍ My car breaks down so often that I'm beginning to hate the sight of it.
❏ in the sight of sb/in sb's sight [IDM ] (fml ) အမြင်တွင်။ All men and women are equal in the sight of God.
❏ out of sight , out of mind [IDM ] (saying ) ကွယ်လျှင် မေ့သည်။
❏ raise/lower one's sights [IDM ] တိုး၍၊ လျှော့၍ မျှော်မှန်း သည်။ If they can't afford a big house, they'll just have to lower their sights a little.
❏ set one's sights on sth/doing sth [IDM ] ဇောက်ချ၍ ကြိုးပမ်းသည်။ မျက်ခြည်ပြတ်မခံဘဲ မရမနေ အားထုတ်သည်။ She's set her sights on winning the championship. ❍ Tom's got his sights set on a career in acting.
❏ a (damn , etc) sight better , etc (than…) ; a (damn , etc) sight too good, etc [IDM ] (infml ) များစွာသာလွန် …သည်။ …လွန်းအားကြီးသည်။ This car's a (darned) sight better than my old one. ❍ It's a (jolly) sight too expensive.
❏ sighted adj မျက်စိမြင်သော။ the blind and partially sighted.
❏ -sighted (in compound adjs ) (အနီး၊ အဝေး စသည်) မြင်သော။ short-/long-/far-sighted.
❏ a sight for sore eyes [IDM ] (infml ) မျက်စိအေးစရာ။ You're a sight for sore eyes — I thought you'd gone for good!
❏ sighting n တွေ့ခြင်း။ မြင်ကြောင်း။ several reported sightings of the escaped prisoner ❍ the first sighting of a new star.
❏ sight-read v အစိမ်းသက်သက်တေးကို ဂီတသင်္ကေတ ကြည့်ကာမျှဖြင့် တန်း၍ ဆိုသည်၊ တီးသည်။ sight-reading n [U]
❏ sight unseen [IDM ] မမြင်ဖူးဘဲ ။ They bought the car sight unseen.