descry
/dɪˈskraɪ/verb
(-ies, -ied)with obj.
- poetic/literary catch sight of〈诗/文〉看到：
she descried two figures.
她看见两个人影。
词源
Middle English: perhaps confused with obsolete descry 'describe'， variant of obsolete descrive （via Old French from Latin describere 'write down'）， which also had the meaning 'perceive'.