| 单词 | guard |
| 释义 | Word Frequency guard(ɡɑːd) verb 1. to watch over or shield (a person or thing) from danger or harm; protect 2. to keep watch over (a prisoner or other potentially dangerous person or thing), as to prevent escape 3. (transitive) to control to guard one's tongue 4. (intransitive; usually foll by against) to take precautions 5. to control entrance and exit through (a gate, door, etc) 6. (transitive) to provide (machinery, etc) with a device to protect the operator 7. (transitive) a. chess, cards to protect or cover (a chess man or card) with another b. curling, bowling to protect or cover (a stone or bowl) by placing one's own stone or bowl between it and another player 8. (transitive) archaic to accompany as a guard noun 9. a person or group that keeps a protecting, supervising, or restraining watch or control over people, such as prisoners, things, etc ▶ Related adjective: custodial10. a person or group of people, such as soldiers, who form a ceremonial escort guard of honour 11. British the official in charge of a train 12. a. the act or duty of protecting, restraining, or supervising b. (as modifier) guard duty 13. Irish another word for garda 14. a device, part, or attachment on an object, such as a weapon or machine tool, designed to protect the user against injury, as on the hilt of a sword or the trigger of a firearm 15. anything that provides or is intended to provide protection a guard against infection 16. a. another name for safety chain b. a long neck chain often holding a chatelaine 17. guard ring 18. sport an article of light tough material worn to protect any of various parts of the body 19. basketball a. the position of the two players in a team who play furthest from the basket b. a player in this position 20. the posture of defence or readiness in fencing, boxing, cricket, etc 21. give guard 22. mount guard 23. off one's guard 24. on one's guard 25. stand guard 26. take guard Derived forms guardable (ˈguardable) adjective guarder (ˈguarder) noun guardless (ˈguardless) adjective guardlike (ˈguardˌlike) adjective Word origin C15: from Old French garde, from garder to protect, of Germanic origin; compare Spanish guardar; see ward |
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