資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aspect \As"pect\, n. [L. aspectus, fr. aspicere, aspectum, to
   look at; ad + spicere, specere, to look, akin to E. spy.]
   1. The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] ``The
      basilisk killeth by aspect.'' --Bacon.

            His aspect was bent on the ground.    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   2. Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance;
      mien; air. ``Serious in aspect.'' --Dryden.

            [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head.
                                                  --Pope.

   3. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view. ``The
      aspect of affairs.'' --Macaulay.

            The true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish.
                                                  --T. Burnet.

   4. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position
      which enables one to look in a particular direction;
      position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a
      house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which
      faces the south.

   5. Prospect; outlook. [Obs.]

            This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from
            whence we descended.                  --Evelyn.

   6. (Astrol.) The situation of planets or stars with respect
      to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light
      proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint
      look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the
      earth. --Milton.

   Note: The aspects which two planets can assume are five;
         sextile, ?, when the planets are 60[deg] apart;
         quartile, or quadrate, ?, when their distance is
         90[deg] or the quarter of a circle; trine, ?, when the
         distance is 120[deg]; opposition, ?, when the distance
         is 180[deg], or half a circle; and conjunction, ?, when
         they are in the same degree. Astrology taught that the
         aspects of the planets exerted an influence on human
         affairs, in some situations for good and in others for
         evil.

   7. (Astrol.) The influence of the stars for good or evil; as,
      an ill aspect. --Shak.

            The astrologers call the evil influences of the
            stars evil aspects.                   --Bacon.

   {Aspect of a plane} (Geom.), the direction of the plane.