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单词 watch
释义 watch
I. \ˈwäch also ˈwȯch\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæccan; akin to Old English wacian to wake — more at wake
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to keep vigil as a devotional exercise
  < taught me how to watch and pray — Philip Doddridge >
 b. : to be awake : to be or continue without sleep : wake
  < could you not watch one hour — Mk 14:37 (Revised Standard Version) >
 c. : to remain awake during the night in attendance on a sick person
  < watched by his bedside until morning >
2.
 a. : to be on one's guard or on the lookout : be attentive or vigilant
  < watch jealously for any infringements of their rights — W.G.Hardy >
 b. : to keep guard : act as guard
  < told him to watch outside and see that no one entered >
3.
 a. : to keep someone or something under close observation
  < seemed to feel her eyes on me all the time … watching, prying, judging — T.B.Costain >
 b. : to observe as a spectator : look on
  < the nation watched while stocks rose to staggering heights — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
4. of an otter : to retire into a lair to rest
5. : to serve on a ship's watch
6. of a buoy : to float properly in its place
7. : to remain unfolded or unclosed — used of a flower
8. : to look with expectation : be expectant : wait
 < watched for the signal >
 < watched for the train >
transitive verb
1. : to keep under guard
 < protected by a pair of high fences watched by armed guards — Lamp >
2.
 a. : to observe closely in order to check on action or change : keep tabs on
  < says he's positive they're being watched by the police — Mary Deasy >
  < every eye was fixed aloft, watching the masts, which were expected every moment to go over the side — Frederick Marryat >
 b. : to look at : observe
  < watch a bus approaching you — Bertrand Russell >
  < sat very still and watched him — Raymond Chandler >
 c. : to be a spectator at : look on at
  < people have a hard time getting to watch afternoon entertainment in this age — John Lardner >
  < watch a ball game >
3.
 a. : to take care of : tend
  < watched the baby while her mother shopped >
 b. : to attend to : oversee
  < will watch their plane reservations and their weight, their hotel bookings and their manners — Harry Gordon >
 c. : to be careful of
  < as a performer I'd have to rest, watch my diet — Barbara B. Jamison >
 d. : to make sure
  < watch that he doesn't fall >
4. : to keep (a hawk) from sleep for the purpose of tiring and taming
 < my lord shall never rest, I'll watch him tame — Shakespeare >
5. : to be on the alert for : be ready to take advantage of or use : wait for : bide
 < an adversary of no common prowess was watching his time — T.B.Macaulay >
 < watched his opportunity >
6. : to keep in touch with : remain aware of or informed about
 < no one who has watched the course of history during the last generation can have felt doubt of its tendency — Henry Adams >
7. Britain : to provide with watchmen : police
Synonyms: see see

- watch it
- watch one's step
- watch over
II. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English wacche, from Old English wæcce, from wæccan, v.
1.
 a. : the act of keeping awake for the purpose of guarding, protecting, or attending : sleepless vigilance
  < kept watch by his bed — Robert Browning >
 b. obsolete : the state of being awake : sleeplessness, wakefulness
  < fell into a sadness, then into a fast, thence to a watch — Shakespeare >
 c. : a wake over a dead body
 d. : a state of alert and continuous attention to some situation, course of events, or danger
  < in a position to keep a close watch over events — R.P.Brooks >
  < wide open were the gates and no watch kept — Alfred Tennyson >
 e. : close observation over someone : surveillance
  < kept a careful watch over the prisoner >
  < kept a close watch over his son >
2.
 a. : any of the definite divisions of the night made by ancient peoples
 b. : one of the indeterminate wakeful intervals marking the passage of night — usually used in plural
  < the silent watches of the night >
3.
 a. : one that watches : lookout, watchman
  < a yell from the bow watch — Vincent McHugh >
 b. archaic : the office or function of a sentinel or guard
  < as I did stand my watch upon the hill — Shakespeare >
 c. obsolete : the cry of a watchman or sentinel
  < his sentinel, the wolf, whose howl's his watch — Shakespeare >
4. : a person or group of persons charged with the duty or function of protecting life or property or preserving the peace: as
 a. : a body of soldiers or sentinels making up the guard of a camp or town
  < some of the watch came into the city — Mt 28:11 (Authorized Version) >
 b. : a watchman or body of watchmen formerly assigned to patrol the streets of a town at night, announce the hours, and act as police
  < they fight! I will go call the watch — Shakespeare >
 c. usually capitalized : a company of irregular Highland troops
  < the Black Watch >
5. : a flock of nightingales
6.
 a.
  (1) : a portion of time during which a part of a ship's company is required to be on deck ready for duty — see afternoon watch, dogwatch, first watch, forenoon watch, midwatch, morning watch
  (2) : the part of a ship's company required to be on duty during a particular watch
   < one by one, junior members of the watch reported that they had been properly relieved — K.M.Dodson >
   — see port watch, starboard watch
  (3) : a sailor's assigned duty period
   < everything was peaceful during his watch >
 b. : a period of duty : shift
  < was the duty sergeant on the 4 P.M. to midnight watch for four years — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
7.
 a. : a portable timepiece that has a movement driven in any of several ways (as by a spring or a battery) and is designed to be worn (as on the wrist) or carried in the pocket — compare clock
 b. obsolete : the dial of a clock
 c. : the going train in a striking clock
 d. : a ship's chronometer
8. : a place of observation : a lookout station
 < three of us were catfooting up a shallow draft to our watches — Ed Shearer >

- on the watch
III. adjective
1. : used while or for watching : qualified to watch : used or serving as a lookout
 < a watch mastiff >
2. : of, belonging to, or used by a watchman or watcher
 < a watch pole >
IV. noun
1. : a notice or bulletin that alerts the public to the possibility of severe weather conditions occurring in the near future
 < a winter storm watch >
2. : a term as holder especially of an overseeing or managerial office
 < the business grew on her watch >
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