early 15c., "pertaining to the faculty of sight;" also "coming from the eye or sight" (as a beam of light was thought to do), from Late Latin visualis "of sight," from Latin visus "a sight, a looking; power of sight; things seen, appearance," from visus, past participle of videre "to see" (see vision). Meaning "perceptible by sight" is from late 15c; sense of "relating to vision" is first attested c. 1600. The noun meaning "photographic film or other visual display" is first recorded 1944.
双语例句
1. He has a visual impairment in the right eye.
他右眼视力有损伤。
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2. Visitors are shown an audio-visual presen-tation before touring the cellars.
参观酒窖前，游客们先观看了有声的视频介绍。
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3. He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.
他因发明了神奇的视听效果而出名。
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4. At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is costly.
要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度，花费会十分昂贵。
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5. They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe.