| 单词 | on, upon watch |
| 释义 | > as lemmason, upon (the) watch d. on, upon (the) watch: on the look out, exercising vigilance. Const. for, to with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > vigilant or on one's guard [phrase] on warec893 on (also upon) one's guard1574 on (at, of, upon) one's keeping1590 on, upon (the) watch1719 on (also upon) the qui vive1726 on the alert1795 on one's toes1921 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 237 I resolv'd to put my self upon the Watch, to see them when they came on Shore. 1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 28 (note) The bald-eagle, which is generally upon the watch, instantly pursues [the fishing-hawk]. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. iv. 64 Wherever they went, she was evidently always on the watch . View more context for this quotation 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxv. 255 The..door..opened when he knocked—for Rob was on the watch. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 182 He must be always on the watch for the indications of a coming reaction. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 237 We should not have been on the watch to keep one another from doing wrong. < as lemmas |
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