sighting

Word family  noun sight insight oversight sighting adjective sighted unsightly sightless insightful verb sight

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sight·ing /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ noun [countable]  SEEan occasion on which something is seen, especially something rare or something that people are hoping to see 看见，发现〔尤指见到罕见的或希望见到的事物〕sighting of There were two unconfirmed sightings of UFOs in the area. 这个地区有两起未经证实的目击不明飞行物的事件。 Where was the latest sighting? 最近一次是在哪里发现的？

Examples from the Corpus

sighting• Then from an angler, a sighting.• Our meal was constantly interrupted by sightings.• There have been more sightings of Elvis in the last three days than there have been of Sen.• Numbers and peak dates vary annually, the sighting of large movements being closely correlated with the occurrence of south-easterly winds.• Imperial merchantmen traversing the warp would flee at the sighting of one.• And she'd mentioned the sighting of Amy on Friday night and Saturday morning.

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sighting
sight‧ing /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ noun [countable]an occasion on which something is seen, especially something rare or something that people are hoping to see
    sighting of
    There were two unconfirmed sightings of UFOs in the area.
    Where was the latest sighting?

sight·ingBrE /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 nounan occasion when sb sees sb/sth, especially sth unusual or sth that lasts for only a short time 看见，目睹（不寻常或短暂出现的事物）◆a reported sighting of the Loch Ness monster据报道有人看见尼斯湖水怪