visual range:视程;目视可见的距离。常用于气象与航空语境,指在当前光照与大气条件下,人眼能够清楚辨认物体的最大距离(或某物“在视线范围内”)。
/ˈvɪʒuəl reɪndʒ/
The runway was within visual range.
跑道在目视范围内。
Because of haze, the pilot reported that the mountain ridge was no longer in visual range, so the approach was discontinued.
由于薄雾,飞行员报告山脊已不在目视范围内,因此中止了进近。
visual 来自拉丁语 visus(“看见、视觉”),与“vision(视觉)”同源;range 源自古法语,意为“范围、距离”。合在一起即“眼睛能够看见的范围/距离”。