英和和英

語源

Back-formation from sightseeing.

動詞

sightsee (三人称単数 現在形 sightsees, 現在分詞 sightseeing, 過去形 sightsaw, 過去分詞 sightseen)

1. (intransitive) To go sightseeing; to visit places of interest in a city, town or geographical area.
   • 1985, Jilly Cooper, Riders:

     The German team liked each other, ate, drank, sightsaw, sunbathed and worked their horses together. All were firmly rooting for Ludwig. A German victory was all that mattered.

   • 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 142:

     It was their first time on the Continent and they sight-saw for a week in Paris […].

使用する際の注意点

• Many speakers prefer forms of "go sightseeing".