Watch

[wɒtʃ] or [wɑtʃ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.

(noun.) a small portable timepiece.

(noun.) a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty.

(noun.) the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty.

(verb.) observe with attention; 'They watched as the murderer was executed'.

(verb.) observe or determine by looking; 'Watch how the dog chases the cats away'.

(verb.) look attentively; 'watch a basketball game'.

(verb.) see or watch; 'view a show on television'; 'This program will be seen all over the world'; 'view an exhibition'; 'Catch a show on Broadway'; 'see a movie'.

(verb.) be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful; 'Watch out for pickpockets!'.

(verb.) follow with the eyes or the mind; 'Keep an eye on the baby, please!'; 'The world is watching Sarajevo'; 'She followed the men with the binoculars'.

艾琳校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.

(v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.

(v. i.) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

(v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.

(v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.

(n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.

(n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.

(v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.

(v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

(v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.

(v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.

(v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.

(v. t.) To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.

(v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

編輯:洛娜

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Vigil, watching, wakefulness, watchfulness, outlook.[2]. Inspection, observation, attention.[3]. Guard, sentry, watchman.[4]. Pocket timepiece.

v. n. [1]. Wake, be awake, keep awake, not be asleep.[2]. Keep guard, keep watch and ward, stand guard, be on guard, be on the watch, act as sentinel, be on the lookout, look sharp, keep a sharp lookout, have all one's eyes about one, mind one's P's and Q's.[3]. Wait, look, be expectant.

v. a. [1]. Guard, tend, attend, have in keeping.[2]. Mark, observe, eye, keep the eye on, keep an eye upon.

錄入:麦克唐纳

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Wait, wake, contemplate, observe, note, tend, guard

ANT:Disregard, overlook, misobserve

編輯:兰尼

解釋/意思:

n. act of looking out: close observation: guard: one who watches or those who watch: a sentry: a pocket timepiece: the place where a guard is kept: a division of the night: time of watching esp. in a ship a division of a ship's crew into two or three sections so that one set of men may have charge of the vessel while the others rest. (The day and night are divided into watches of four hours each except the period from 4 to 8 P.M. which is divided into two dog-watches of two hours' duration each).—v.i. to look with attention: to keep guard: to look out: to attend the sick by night: to inspect keep guard over (with over).—v.t. to keep in view: to give heed to: to have in keeping: to guard: to wait for detect by lying in wait: (Shak.) to keep from sleep.—ns. Watch′-bill a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches with their several stations; Watch′-box a sentry-box; Watch′case the outer case of a watch: (Shak.) a sentry-box; Watch′-clock a watchman's clock; Watch′-dog a dog kept to guard premises and property; Watch′er one who watches; Watch′-fire a night-fire acting as a signal: a fire for the use of a watching-party sentinels scouts &c.—adj. Watch′ful careful to watch or observe: attentive: circumspect: cautious.—adv. Watch′fully.—ns. Watch′fulness; Watch′-glass a sand-glass: the glass covering of the face of a watch; Watch′-guard a watch-chain of any material; Watch′-gun a gun fired at the changing of the watch as on a ship; Watch′-house a house in which a guard is placed: a lock-up detaining office; Watch′-jew′el a jewel used in the works of a watch for lessening friction; Watch′-key a key for winding a watch; Watch′-light a light used for watching or sitting up in the night; Watch′-māk′er one who makes and repairs watches; Watch′-māk′ing; Watch′man a man who watches or guards esp. the streets of a city at night; Watch′-meet′ing a religious meeting to welcome in the New Year held on the night before called the Watch′-night; Watch′-off′icer the officer in charge of the ship during a watch also called Officer of the watch; Watch′-pā′per a round piece of paper often decorated put inside the outer case of a watch to prevent rubbing; Watch′-pock′et a small pocket for holding a watch; Watch′-spring the mainspring of a watch; Watch′-tow′er a tower on which a sentinel is placed to watch or keep guard against the approach of an enemy; Watch′word the password to be given to a watch or sentry: any signal: a maxim rallying-cry.—Watch and ward the old custom of watching by night and by day in towns and cities: uninterrupted vigilance.—The Black Watch the 42d and 73d Regiments now the 1st and 2d Battalions of the Black Watch or Royal Highlanders.

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