watchman
英 [ˈwɒtʃmən]
美 [ˈwɑːtʃmən]
n. (夜间)保安员,看守人,警卫员
复数:watchmen
Collins.1 / BNC.16530 / COCA.17150
牛津词典
noun
- (夜间)保安员,看守人,警卫员
a man whose job is to guard a building, for example a bank, an office building or a factory, especially at night
柯林斯词典
- See also:nightwatchman
英英释义
noun
- a guard who keeps watch
双语例句
- There's an old watchman living there.
那里住着一个老看守人。 - You're the night watchman, Lawrence. A venerable position in this institution.
你是守夜人,这个博物馆里很值得尊敬的职位。 - The company excused the watchman for falling asleep while on duty.
公司原谅了那位守夜值班时睡着觉的看守员。 - His grandfather is the watchman of the factory.
他的爷爷是这个工厂的守夜人。 - 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。 - They got a night watchman, but we can't find him.
他们说有一个守夜人,但是找不到他。 - The night watchman makes the rounds of the building every hour.
守夜人每小时对这栋楼查看一次。 - The watchman was beaten, the mine flooded.
看守人被击倒了,矿井也被注满了水。 - They drug the watchman and rob the bank.
他们用药麻醉看守人,然后抢劫银行。 - He became a watchman after he retired from the factory.
他从工厂退休后成为一名守夜者。