watch n. 1.表;船钟。 2.值夜,值班;守夜;看守人;哨兵。 3.看守,监视;注意;警戒。 4.【航海】(每4小时轮换的)值班(时间);〔集合词〕值班人员,一班。 5.〔古语〕更〔犹太人把一夜分作 first watch 首更, middle watch 中更, morning watch 末更;罗马人分为 first [evening] watch 头更, second [midnight] watch 二更, third [cock crowing] watch 三更, fourth [morning] watch 四更〕。 be on [ off] watch 值班[不值班]。 be on the watch for 看守着,监视着,提防着;守候着。 call the watch 召集值班人。 in the night watches = in the watches of the night 在睡不着的夜里。 keep (a) watch 看守;值班。 keep watch over 守护;密切注意。 pass as [like] a watch in the night 立刻被忘记掉。 through the silent watches of the night 更深夜静的时候。 watch and ward 昼夜警戒。 watch and watch 【航海】四小时轮流值班,半舷值班。 vt. 1.注视;注意,留心观察。 2.看守,监视。 3.守候(机会等) (for)。 vi. 1.注视,看着;密切注意。 2.警戒,守卫,监视。 3.守候,期待 (for)。 4.〔古语〕守夜;通夜看护;【宗教】守夜[作通宵祈祷]。 watch and say nothing 静观不语。 watch all night at the bedside of a patient 在病人床边通宵侍候。 A watched pot never boils. 见 pot 条。 be closely watched 被严密监视。 if you don't watch it 〔俚语〕你要是不小心。 watch one's time 等待时机。 watch out 1. 〔美俚〕监视,警戒。 2. 密切注视 (for) ( W- out for cars. 当心车辆)。 watch over 监视;留心,注视;看护,照顾。 adj. -able 值得注意[注视]的。
The police warned people to be on the watch for intruders . 警方预先通知大家防备有外人闯入。
The police warned people to be on the watch for intruders 警方预先通知大家防备有外人闯入
Be on the watch for a sudden change in the patient ' s condition 要密切注意病人病情可能突然变化。
The customs inspector was on the watch for diamond smugglers 海关检查员正密切注视着钻石走私犯的活动。
Experts were on the watch for another large shock there 为此,科学家一直严密监视这个区域可能发生的下一次大地震。
Be on the watch for 不断监视看有没有
[ bbe ] be on the watch for false prophets , who come to you in sheep ' s clothing , but inside they are cruel wolves 你们要防备假先知他们到你们这里来、外面披著羊皮、里面却是残暴的狼。
They ' d be on the watch for anyone hanging around where they currently were and where they planned to go , not for anyone or anything safely tucked up in gryffindor tower for the night 他们会小心提防他们附近的人或者是他们目的地附近的人,但却不会注意到乖乖待在格兰芬多塔楼里的人或物。
Prince andrey got up and went to the window to open it . as soon as he opened the shutter , the moonlight broke into the room as though it had been waiting a long while outside on the watch for this chance 安德烈公爵站起来,走到窗前,打开窗子,他一打开百叶窗,月光就闯到房里来,好像它老早呆在窗边等待一般。
I dare say she had been on the watch for me since morning : i saw her looking through the lattice , as i came up the garden causeway , and i nodded to her ; but she drew back , as if afraid of being observed 我敢说她从早上起就守望着我了:在我走上花园砌道时,我看见她从窗格里向外望,我就对她点点头可是她缩回去了,好像怕给人看见似的。