watch
n. 观察, 手表, 看守, 守护, 监视, 值班人 vt. 看, 注视, 照顾, 看守, 守护, 监视 vi. 观看, 注视, 守侯
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教材释义与例句
手表；监视；守护；值班人
a small clock that you wear on your wrist or keep in your pocket
观察；注视；看守；警戒
to look at someone or something for a period of time, paying attention to what is happening
释义与例句
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1.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
手表
表
时表仔
表仔
时表
手表仔
Meronyms: watch face, watch receiver, watchspring, watch battery, watchstrap, watch strap, watchband
More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.
He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.
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2.
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
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3.
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
值日
值班
The second watch of the night began at midnight.
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4.
A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
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5.
A person or group of people who guard.
The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
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6.
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
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7.
A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
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8.
A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
航海 交通 -
9.
The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
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1.
To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
看
观
观看
睇
及物/不及物Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
I'm tired of watching TV.
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2.
To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
观察
睇
及物Watch this!
Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
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3.
To mind, attend, or guard.
及物Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
He has to watch the kids that afternoon.
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4.
To be wary or cautious of.
及物You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
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5.
To attend to dangers to or regarding.
看守
看
睇
及物watch your head; watch your step
Watch yourself when you talk to him.
Watch what you say.
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6.
To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
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7.
To be vigilant or on one's guard.
不及物For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.
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8.
To act as a lookout.
不及物1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados " […] Scarcely a night passes without the light showing, and there's no doubt that the water runs. We've put copying ink on the door handles and the taps and got into it ourselves until there isn't a man about the place that you couldn't implicate." "Has anyone watched up there?"
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9.
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
航海 交通 -
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To be awake.
不及物 废旧 -
11.
To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
废旧 及物
词汇关系
同义词 8
上位词 10
下位词 10
部分词 5
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词源
As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.
来源：wiktionary