| 单词 | watch-post |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatch-post watch-post n. Military a position at which a body of soldiers, a sentinel or watchman, is stationed on watch; also, a body of guards. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post warding-place1571 watch-post1852 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty guarda1513 counterguard1523 stand watch1525 presidy1529 body of guard1579 court of guarda1592 perdu1622 sentry1705 field-watch1797 watch-post1852 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 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxii. 298 The occupation of Æolis by the Lacedæmonian general was a sort of watch-post. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 160 Signal Misenus gives from his watch-post set on the steep. 1888 E. Gerard Land beyond Forest II. xxxviii. 144 On the extreme frontier of Transylvania, however, he left behind him a portion of his army, to serve as watch-post. < as lemmas |
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