| 单词 | watch room |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatch room watch room n. a room from or within which a watch is kept. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > post or place of stand1392 guardc1500 vigil1533 watching-place1847 watch room1850 watch-post1852 1850 Ann. Sci. Discov. 73 On the top of the structure [sc. a lighthouse] is the watch-room, and lantern, or light-room. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxxi. 338 One of the two establishments where the Government keeps and watches corpses until the doctors decide that they are permanently dead... A wire led..to a bell in a watch-room yonder, where,..a watchman sits always alert. 1943 Gloss. Terms Telecomm. (B.S.I.) 85 Watch room, the room, at the fire station, which is continuously staffed and contains the alarm-recording apparatus, call-bell keys and telephonic intercommunicating equipment. 1977 Stornoway Gaz. 27 Aug. 1/4 The Commission also want to renovate the existing harbour watchroom to provide welfare facilities for dock workers, a new watchroom, and public toilets. 1979 N. Wallington Fireman! iii. 37 I saw..the watchroom into which came all the emergency calls. < as lemmas |
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