Definition of fire-watcher in English:

fire-watcher

noun

A person keeping watch for fires, especially forest fires or those caused by bombs.
Example sentencesExamples
- A fire-watcher during the Second World War bombing of Hull, he is said to have been bombed out nine times.
- Failing to notice the brutal dictatorship under which the daughters of educated men lived, she became a fire-watcher by night during the Blitz and a mechanic constructing tank engines by day.
- He plays a crucial health and safety role as a fire watcher.
- An additional fire watcher may be required to observe areas that are hidden from the view of a single fire watcher.
- A fire watcher with suitable fore fighting equipment should being attendance at all times.

Derivatives

fire-watching

noun

In the UK about 500 of the 6,500 conscientious objectors imprisoned between 1940 and 1945 were women who had refused conscription or compulsory fire-watching duties.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although some street fire watching parties were formed spontaneously, understandably many people did not want to simply sit and wait for incendiaries, particularly night after night.
- In 1939 the library was used as a fire-watching station.
- Thankfully we didn't see many fires when I was fire watching, but you did see enough to feel that what you where doing was important.

单词	fire-watcher
释义	Definition of fire-watcher in English: fire-watcher noun A person keeping watch for fires, especially forest fires or those caused by bombs. Example sentencesExamples A fire-watcher during the Second World War bombing of Hull, he is said to have been bombed out nine times. Failing to notice the brutal dictatorship under which the daughters of educated men lived, she became a fire-watcher by night during the Blitz and a mechanic constructing tank engines by day. He plays a crucial health and safety role as a fire watcher. An additional fire watcher may be required to observe areas that are hidden from the view of a single fire watcher. A fire watcher with suitable fore fighting equipment should being attendance at all times. Derivatives fire-watching noun In the UK about 500 of the 6,500 conscientious objectors imprisoned between 1940 and 1945 were women who had refused conscription or compulsory fire-watching duties. Example sentencesExamples Although some street fire watching parties were formed spontaneously, understandably many people did not want to simply sit and wait for incendiaries, particularly night after night. In 1939 the library was used as a fire-watching station. Thankfully we didn't see many fires when I was fire watching, but you did see enough to feel that what you where doing was important.
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