例えば、 From where they now stood they could look forward down a long vista of beech woods and jagged(とがった)rock-strewn wilderness, all white with snow, to where the pass opened out upon the uplands beyond という使い方がありました。
意味は、 a distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees で、 aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view と同じ意味でしたね。
さぁ、ご一緒に、「私には知らない英単語はない!」と言ってみましょう。
【Bon app?tit !】
メキシコ湾原油流出、食物連鎖体系へ影響
Scientists say the multibillion-dollar fishing industry in the area of the Gulf oil spill could be in grave danger, as they are already seeing early signs that the spill is altering the marine food web by killing or tainting(汚染する、傷つける)some creatures and promoting the growth of those more suited to the polluted waters. There has been a massive die-off(大量死)of pyrosomes - tube-shaped, gelatinous organisms fed on by endangered sea turtles - near the spill area, and droplets of oil are being found inside the shells of young crabs that constitute an important part of fish, turtle, and shorebird diets. As predators eat contaminated marine life, toxic oil could be introduced into seafood stocks.