watchman 英 [ˈwɒtʃmən]   美 [ˈwɑtʃmən]

watchman

watchman  英 [ˈwɒtʃmən] 美 [ˈwɑtʃmən]

n. 看守人;巡夜者 

名词复数:watchmen 

They throttled the watchman and robbed the bank. 他们勒死了看守人,抢劫了银行。
But my relief reverted to terror when I opened The watchman's Rattle, a book by the biologist and business guru Rebecca Costa that's subtitled Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction. 然而, 当我打开《看守人的喋喋不休》这本书时,我的放松又变回恐惧,该书由同为生物学家和商业领袖的Rebecca Costa所著,副标题是“从灭绝中思考出路”。

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  • n. 看守人;巡夜者
  • 1. They throttled the watchman and robbed the bank.

    他们勒死了看守人,抢劫了银行。

  • 2. But my relief reverted to terror when I opened The watchman's Rattle, a book by the biologist and business guru Rebecca Costa that's subtitled Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction.

    然而, 当我打开《看守人的喋喋不休》这本书时,我的放松又变回恐惧,该书由同为生物学家和商业领袖的Rebecca Costa所著,副标题是“从灭绝中思考出路”。

  • 3. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

    你转在我后头吧。 守望的人又说,使者到了他们那里,却不回来。

  • watchman (n.) also watch-man, c. 1400, "guard, sentinel, lookout" (late 12c. as a surname), figuratively "guardian, protector" (mid-15c.), from watch (n.) + man (n.). Also "person characterized by wakefulness" (mid-15c.).
watch·man / ˈwɒtʃmən ; NAmE ˈwɑːtʃmən / noun ( plural watch·men / ˈwɒtʃmən ; NAmE ˈwɑːtʃmən / ) ( old-fashioned) a man whose job is to guard a building, for example a bank, an office building or a factory, especially at night (夜间)保安员,看守人,警卫员 see also nightwatchman watchman watchmen watch·man / ˈwɒtʃmən ; NAmE ˈwɑːtʃmən / watch·men / ˈwɒtʃmən ; NAmE ˈwɑːtʃmən /
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