night watch

短语

守夜 [法] 守夜, 值夜

词形变化

night watches 复数

别名

night-watch

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night.

  2. 2.

    One or more of the guards on such a watch.

  3. 3.

    One of the watches kept on a marine vessel.

  4. 4.

    The sailors standing such a watch.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

graveyard watch middle watch midwatch

上位词 1

watch

词源

From Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old English nihtwæċċe, a variant of nihtwacu (“nightwatch”), equivalent to night + watch. Cognate with West Frisian nachtwacht (“nightwatch”), Dutch nachtwacht, nachtwake (“nightwatch”), German Nachtwache (“nightwatch”) and Nachtwächter (“night watchman”), Swedish nattvakt (“nightwatch”), Icelandic næturvakt (“nightwatch”).

来源：wiktionary