sentry
sentry 英 [ˈsentri] 美 [ˈsɛntri]
n. 哨兵；岗哨 vi. 放哨 vt. 设岗哨
名词复数:sentries
- A sentry is someone who stands guard or watches against some intrusion or unwelcome activity. Your dog stands sentry over your house, but he would be more effective if he barked at strangers instead of licking their hands.
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- n. 哨兵；岗哨
- vi. 放哨
- vt. 设岗哨
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1. That night, he lay on his bunk dreaming of Lili and Marleen, and was inspired to write a poem coupling their names. He called it "Song of a Young sentry".
那天夜里，他躺在床上梦想着丽莉和玛伦，这激发起了他的创作灵感，他将她们的名字连在一起写下了一首诗，并取名为《年轻哨兵之歌》。
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2. Her French companions, especially Henri Tardivat, praised her fighting spirit; amply demonstrated when she killed an SS sentry with her bare hands to prevent him raising the alarm during a raid.
她的法国同伴们，特别是亨利.塔尔德瓦对她的战斗精神称颂有加。 在一次突袭中，她曾徒手杀死一名正要去拉响警报的纳粹哨兵。
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3. He stated that moments before finding himself there, he had been on sentry duty in Manila at the governor’s Palace.
他描述说，在他发现他来到了墨西哥的之前，他正在马尼拉的总督宫殿值岗哨。
- sentry (n.) 1610s, originally "watchtower;" perhaps a shortened variant of sentinel, which had a variant form centrinel (1590s); or perhaps worn down from sanctuary, on notion of "shelter for a watchman." Meaning "military guard posted around a camp" is first attested 1630s. Sentry-box is from 1728.
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