a pleasing view, especially one seen through a long, narrow opening (尤指从狭长开口看到的)令人愉快的景色 a vista of church spires. 教堂尖顶的景色。 ■a mental view of a succession of remembered or anticipated events (对往事的)连绵追忆;(对前景的)不断展望 vistas of freedom seemed to open ahead of him. 似乎在他面前展现了一幅幅对自由的憧憬。
vistaed adjective 语源
mid 17th cent.: from Italian, literally view', from visto 'seen', past participle of vedere 'see', from Latin videre