farseer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɑːsɪə/    美 /ˈfɑɹˌsiːɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer; fortuneteller.
    — "I received word from the Farseer only this morning. They had been studying the motion of the central band in Brutus, […] "The men of the Farseer could not be mistaken?
  2. An instrument or tool used to farsee; scope nonce-word
    — “Never mind that,” the Hunter put his hand on the barrel of the farseer. “Look now.” Damien lowered his eye to the viewpiece—and saw the […] Magnified exactly as it had been, with the farseer still fixed on the features he had chosen.
  3. A television set.

词形变化

farseers plural

词源

Modelled after German Fernseher (“TV set”, literally “farseer”), from Fernsehen (“television”, literally “farsee”), calque of French télévision, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “far away”) and Latin visio (“sight”).
By surface analysis, far + seer.
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