call on, see, visit, drop in

名詞 visit:

1. the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
2. a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice
3. the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
4. the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity
5. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
   同義詞：sojourn

動詞 visit:

1. visit a place, as for entertainment
   同義詞：see
2. go to certain places as for sightseeing
   同義詞：travel to
3. pay a brief visit
   同義詞：call in, call
4. come to see in an official or professional capacity
   同義詞：inspect
5. impose something unpleasant
   同義詞：inflict, bring down, impose
6. talk socially without exchanging too much information
   同義詞：chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver
7. stay with as a guest
8. assail

1. It was his first visit to his wife's parents.
   那是他第一次去看望岳父和岳母。
2. I'm going to visit my aunt for a few days.
   我打算去姑媽家住幾天。
3. Visiting time in this hospital is from 4 to 6.
   這家醫(yī)院的探望時間是從4點到6點。
4. He makes several business visits to American every year.
   他每年都要為商務(wù)到美國去幾次。

vis.it

v.（動詞）
vis.it.ed,vis.it.ing,vis.its
v.tr.（及物動詞）

To call on socially:
拜訪：
例句：
visit friends.
拜訪朋友

To go to see or spend time at (a place) with a certain intent:
參觀：為一特定目的去看或花時間于（一地方）：
例句：
visit a museum; visited London.
參觀博物館；游覽倫敦

To stay with as a guest.
留下作客
To go to see in an official or professional capacity:
視察：以官方的或職業(yè)性的資格去看：
例句：
visited the dentist; a priest visiting his parishioners.
看望牙科醫(yī)生；巡視他教區(qū)的牧師

To go or come to:
去或到：
例句：
visits the bank on Fridays.
星期五去銀行

To go to see in order to aid or console:
探望：為了幫助或安慰去看：
例句：
visit the sick and dying.
看望病人和奄奄一息的人

To make itself known to or seize fleetingly:
突然出現(xiàn)或抓?。?/br>例句：
was visited by a bizarre thought.
突然出現(xiàn)一個奇異的念頭

To afflict or assail:
侵襲，降臨：折磨或攻擊：
例句：
A plague visited the village.
瘟疫降臨到了這個村莊

To inflict punishment on or for; avenge:
使…受懲罰；報復(fù)：
例句：
The sins of the ancestors were visited on their descendants.
祖先的罪惡報應(yīng)到他們后代的身上

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To make a visit.
拜訪
Informal To converse or chat:
【非正式用語】 談?wù)摶蛄奶欤?/br>例句：
Stay and visit with me for a while.
留下來和我聊一會兒

n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of visiting a person, place, or thing.
訪問，參觀：拜訪人、參觀地方或事物的行為或例子
A stay or sojourn as a guest.
逗留：作為客人的逗留或臨時寄居
The act of visiting in a professional capacity.
巡視，視察：以職業(yè)性身份視察的行為
The act of visiting in an official capacity, such as an inspection or examination.
巡視，檢查：以官方的身份察看的行為，如視察或檢查等

來源：
Middle English visiten
中古英語 visiten
from Old French visiter
源自 古法語 visiter
from Latin vosit3re [frequentative of] vosere [frequentative of] vidôre [to see] * see vision
源自 拉丁語 vosit3re [] vosere的重復(fù)動詞 [] vidôre的重復(fù)動詞 [看] *參見 vision