sightseeing
sightseeing — noun
1. the enjoyable activity of walking or travelling around a city or area to look at
the enjoyable activity of walking or travelling around a city or area to look at famous landmarks, historic buildings, and other notable attractions, typically while on holiday
Joon and his wife went sightseeing around the old town after breakfast.
go sightseeing — most common verb collocation
The best sightseeing in this city is along the river and costs nothing.
Nkechi prefers sightseeing to lying on the beach all day.
Beatrix bought a guidebook and spent the whole afternoon sightseeing.
Ziad and Yumi did some sightseeing before their flight home.
文法句型
go sightseeing
do some sightseeing
spend [time] sightseeing
用法筆記
Sightseeing is uncountable, so phrases like 'a sightseeing' or 'sightseeings' are not correct. Use patterns such as 'go sightseeing', 'do some sightseeing', or 'a day of sightseeing' instead.
常見錯誤
sightseeing — adjective
1. describing things that are designed or used for looking at famous buildings and
describing things that are designed or used for looking at famous buildings and landmarks while visiting a place — for example, a sightseeing bus, a sightseeing tour, or a sightseeing map
A sightseeing boat took tourists around the busy harbour every hour.
sightseeing + noun — attributive adjective for vehicles
The city's sightseeing pass saved Christopher a lot of money on museum tickets.
Eitan followed the signs for the sightseeing bus stop near the station.
Rafael went on a sightseeing tour of the old palace gardens.
The local sightseeing map showed all important landmarks with a star.
文法句型
sightseeing + noun
用法筆記
This adjective is only used before a noun (attributive position). You cannot say 'The bus is sightseeing' or 'This tour is very sightseeing'. It combines freely with nouns related to travel and tourism.