watch
英 [wɒtʃ]
美[wɑtʃ]
- vt. 观察；注视；看守；警戒
- n. 手表；监视；守护；值班人
- vi. 观看，注视；守侯，看守
英英释意
- 1. a small portable timepiece
- 2. a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
- 3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- 4. the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
- 5. a person employed to watch for something to happen
- 6. a devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival)