单词 | watch |
释义 | watch1 /wDtJ; watj/ n 1 [U] act of watching, esp to see that all is well. 看; 注意; 警戒; 监视; 守望。 be on the ~ (for), be watching for (sth or sb, or esp possible danger). 看守着; 提防着; 监视着 (某人或某物,尤指可能的危险) 。 keep ~ (on/over). look out for danger, etc, 注意危险等。 '~-dog n dog kept to protect property, esp a house; (fig) sb or sth that protects. 警犬; 守望犬; (尤指) 看家狗; (喻) 保护的人或物。 '~-tower n high tower from which to keep ~, eg in a forest, to look for forest fires, or a fortified observation post. 守望台; 了望台; 更楼。 2 the ~, (hist) body of men employed to go through the streets and protect people and their property, esp at night: (史) 看守者; 守夜者; 更夫: the constables of the ~; 寻夜的官; call out the ~. 召喊守夜者。 3 (in ships) period of duty (4 or 2 hours) for part of the crew (船上的) 轮値; 轮班时间 (四或二小时) (the first ~,8pm to midnight; 头班; 首班 (夜晚八时至午夜); the middle ~, midnight to 4 am; 中班 (午夜至凌晨四时); the 'dog- ~es, 4 pm to 6 pm or 6pm to 8pm 暮更 (下午四至六时或六至八时的轮班)); either of the halves into which a ship's crew is divided for purposes of duty (called the starboard and port ~es from the positions of the men's bunks in former times). (船员轮値分为两班) 二输班船员之任何一班 (昔时依船员之床位而分, 称右弦班及左胶班) 。 on ~, on duty in this way. 当班; 値班; 轮値。 keep r be on ~. 彻班; 守望。 4 (old use) period of wakefulness in the night: (旧用法) 夜里睡不着的时刻: in the ~es of the night, while one lies awake. 艄在床上睡不着的时候。 night service, church service at midnight, New Year's Eve. (敎堂在除夕举行的) 守岁礼拜; 除夕午夜礼拜。 ~ful /-fl; -fal/ adj on the ~; wide-awake. 注意的; 警戒的; 警醒的。~ - fully /-fall; -fall/ adv ~fulness n ~man /-man; -man/ n (pl -men) 1 (hist) member of the ~ (2). (史) 守夜者; 更夫。 2 man employed to guard a building (eg a bank, block of offices, factory) against thieves, esp at night. (尤指雇来在夜间看守银行、办公听、工厂等建筑物, 以防盗窃的) 警卫 o— word /-W3: d; -/W3d/ n 1 password. 口令。 2 slogan. 口号; 标语。 |
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