| 单词 | guard |
| 释义 | guard (once / 49 pages) 1vn 2vn 3n A person who protects something is called a guard. You might see a security guard at the mall, a crossing guard on the street outside a school, or a palace guard at Buckingham Palace. To guard something is to watch over it or keep it from danger. You should ask someone to guard your backpack when you go to the restroom at the restaurant — or take it with you. The verb guard also means to protect against unintended consequences. To guard against overeating at the party, you could have a light snack before you go, so you aren't as tempted by all the delicious snacks and desserts. WORD FAMILYguard: guarded, guarding, guards+/guarded: guardedly, unguarded/unguarded: unguardedly USAGE EXAMPLESAvoiding computers may indeed be a relatively reliable, if productivity-limiting, strategy for guarding sensitive material. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Lee hillside to monitor the sign and surrounding areas, and a police officer sits in a guard house around the clock, Baumgart said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Robinson, a lithe shooting guard with a quick release, spent one year at Williams, an N.C.A.A. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect guard my possessions while I'm away Syn|Hypo|Hyper ward shepherd watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage 2v to keep watch over there would be men guarding the horses Hypo|Hyper patrol, police maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol keep guard, stand guard, stand sentinel, stand watchwatch over so as to protect baby-sit, sitwork or act as a baby-sitter baby-sittake watchful responsibility for follow, keep an eye on, observe, watch, watch over follow with the eyes or the mind 3v protect against a challenge or attack Syn|Hyper defend, hold hold take and maintain control over, often by violent means protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage 4n a person who keeps watch over something or someone Hypo|Hyper bouncer, chucker-out a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, portersomeone who guards an entrance halberdiera guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty) screenera guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint security guard, watcher, watchmana guard who keeps watch bank guarda security guard at a bank commissionairea uniformed doorman fire watcher(during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watcha person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event night portera porter on duty during the night night watchmana watchman who works during the night patrollersomeone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area port watcher, portwatchera watchman on a wharf ticket collector, ticket takersomeone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets defender, guardian, protector, shielder a person who cares for persons or property 5n a military unit serving to protect some place or person Hypo|Hyper bodyguard a group of men who escort and protect some important person home guarda volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere territorial, territorial reservea territorial military unit yeomanrya British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army National Guard, home reserveUnited States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either Territorial ArmyBritish unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain Praetorian Guardthe elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome force, military force, military group, military unit a unit that is part of some military service 6n the duty of serving as a sentry 2he was on guard that night Syn|Hyper guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go assignment, duty assignment a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) 1v take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence guard against becoming too friendly with the staff guard against infection Hyper act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 2n a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. we let our guard down Syn|Hypo|Hyper precaution, safeguard backstop a precaution in case of an emergency security, security measuresmeasures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc. measure, step any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal 3n a device designed to prevent injury or accidents 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper safety, safety device fender a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth safety catch, safety lockguard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 1n (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage guards must be good blockers Hyper lineman (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage 2n the person who plays that position on a football team the left guard was injured on the play Hyper lineman one of the players on the line of scrimmage 3n a position on a basketball team Hyper position (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player 4n the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team Exp|Hyper Oscar Palmer Robertson United States basketball guard (born in 1938) basketball player, basketeer, cager an athlete who plays basketball 5n a posture of defence in boxing or fencing keep your guard up Hyper attitude, position, posture the arrangement of the body and its limbs |
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