sight

vue

Capacité de voir avec les yeux.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : vision, eyesight

Contraires : blindness

Expressions courantes : lose your sight, poor sight, sense of sight

spectacle, vue

Ce que l’on voit, surtout quand cela provoque une émotion forte.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : scene, spectacle

Expressions courantes : a beautiful sight, a welcome sight, a strange sight, a familiar sight

vue

Le fait de voir quelqu’un ou quelque chose, ou l’expérience que cela représente.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : view, glimpse

Expressions courantes : catch sight of, the sight of, lose sight of

site touristique, curiosité

Lieu ou chose que les gens visitent parce qu’ils trouvent intéressant de le voir.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : attraction

Expressions courantes : see the sights, a famous sight, a tourist sight

viseur

Pièce d’une arme qui aide à viser une cible.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : a rifle sight, a telescopic sight, adjust the sight

apercevoir, repérer

Apercevoir quelque chose, souvent après l’avoir cherché ou de loin.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : spot, see

Expressions courantes : sight land, sight a whale, sight something offshore

régler la visée

Installer ou régler le viseur d’une arme pour que les tirs atteignent l’endroit visé.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : sight something in (She sighted the rifle in at the shooting range.)

Synonymes : zero

Expressions courantes : sight a rifle, sight a gun, sight something in