eyesight
eyesight — noun
1. the natural power of your eyes to see and recognize the things around you; how w
the natural power of your eyes to see and recognize the things around you; how well you can see.
Pedro’s eyesight has been getting worse since he turned fifty.
eyesight + getting worse (deteriorating)
Minho needs to wear glasses because he has poor eyesight.
collocation: poor eyesight
The doctor said Rania’s eyesight is perfectly normal for her age.
Good eyesight is essential for working as a pilot.
Adina’s eyesight improved after she started eating more carrots.
- sight
More general; can also refer to the act of seeing or something that is seen (‘a beautiful sight’)
- vision
Slightly more formal; also used for imagination or foresight (‘a man of vision’)
- visual acuity
Technical or medical term for the sharpness of vision
文法句型
adjective + eyesight (e.g., good eyesight, poor eyesight)
possessive + eyesight (e.g., her eyesight, the patient's eyesight)
用法筆記
Eyesight is an uncountable noun — it is not used with ‘a/an’ or in the plural form (‘eyesights’). Common collocations include good/poor/normal eyesight and eyesight gets worse/improves.
常見錯誤
❗ ‘I have a good eyesight.’ ✅ ‘I have good eyesight.’ — Eyesight is uncountable; do not add ‘a’ before it.
❗ ‘My eyesights are getting worse.’ ✅ ‘My eyesight is getting worse.’ — Eyesight has no plural form.