v (1)看望(拜访)，参观(游览)，视察(检查)(go to see (a person or a place)for reasons of kindness， friendship， ceremony or for sightseeing， inspection)[I， T+n]：be out/go～ing 在外/去拜访;～a friend/a dentist/a fortune-teller 看朋友/看牙医/找算命先生算命;The doctor regularly～ed the sick. 医生定时探视病人。The first place the tourists～ed was the British Museum/the ruins at Pompeii/the White House. 那些旅游者参观的第一个地方是大英博物馆/庞培遗址/白宫。(schools) be～ed from time to time by public health/education officers(学校)时常接受卫生/教育部门官员的视察;a bishop～ing the parish 巡视教区的主教;～ing card/professor/hours (at a hospital)名片/客座教授/(医院)探视时间;〖同〗call on，drop in on，look in on;inspect;

(2)短期逗留(作客)(stay temporarily as a guest)[I，T+n]：They don't live in New York. They are just～ing. 他们不住在纽约，只是短期逗留。He always～s in Belgium/at the first-class hotel when he is in Europe. 他到欧洲的时候总是在比利时停留/住在这家最好的饭店。～sb for a few days 在某人家暂住几日;Many birds～(Britain) only during the summer months. 许多鸟只在夏季来(英国)停留数月。

(3)(疾病，灾难等)降临，侵袭(fall on ;bear down on)[T+n， 通常pass]：(people/area) be～ed with a plague of rats/by a terrible disease(人们/某地区)遭受鼠疫/可怕疾病的袭击;(sb) be～ed by a terrible dream/many troubles(某人)被噩梦/许多头疼事搅扰;A plague/series of misfortunes～ed London in 1665. 1665年一场瘟疫/一连串的不幸降临伦敦。〖同〗 attack，punish，frequent;

(4)看一看，闲聊(谈)(spend a while in company with another person)[I+prep(with)](AmE) (infml)：stay and～with sb 留下来与某人闲谈;～with one's parents/one's friends/one's teachers on weekends 周末看望父母/朋友/老师;

(5)施加;(圣经用语)追究(罪责)(revenge;lay on)[T+n+prep(on/upon)]：～the sins of the parents upon the young 将父母的罪孽降罪于晚辈;He～ed his anger upon everyone around him. 他把怒火发泄在周围人身上。

→′visitor n;͵visi′tation n 游览;

n(1)看望，拜访，访问，参观，游览(instance of visiting;stay as a guest)[C][N (to/from)]：the Queen's～to China/the museum 女王对中国的访问/参观博物馆;be on a short～to some relatives串亲戚;go on a month's～to San Francisco去旧金山进行一个月的访问;invite sb home/drop in for a short～请某人到家/顺便进门稍坐片刻;She collapsed and died while on a～to Hongkong. 她赴香港观光时病倒继而离开人世。(sb) have regular～s from the police/landlord 警察/房东定期探访(某人);charge money for each～(大夫)每次出诊要收取费用;pay a～to sb/sth (pay sb/sth a～)拜访某人/参观某地;pay sb an occasional～偶尔看望某人〖同〗stay，call;

(2)交谈，聊天(chat)[C](AmE)(infml)：have a nice～with a neighbour on the phone 与邻居进行愉快的电话交谈;

【辨异】visit与call、call on、call in on和drop in on的区别见CALL。