英汉词典

watch 基本解释

• 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

watch 词态变化

watch 中文词源

来自PIE*weg,强健的，有活力的，词源同vegetable,wake,引申义看管，看护，插入字母t比较，bake, batch,make,match.同时，用做名词指手表。

watch 英文词源

watch

watch: [OE] Ultimately, watch and wake are the same word. The two verbs share a common ancestor (prehistoric Germanic *wakōjan), and to begin with watch was used for ‘be awake’ (‘He sleepeth on the day and watcheth all the night’, John Lydgate, 1430). The notion of being ‘alert and vigilant’, of being ‘on the look-out’, is implicit in that of being ‘awake’ (indeed, vigil and vigilant are members of the same word family), but watch did not develop fully into ‘observe, look at closely’ until the 14th century.

The sort of watch that tells the time is probably so called not because you look at it to see what the time is, but because originally it woke you up. The earliest records of the noun’s application to a timepiece (in the 15th century) refer to an ‘alarm clock’; it was not used for what we would today recognize as a ‘watch’ until the end of the 16th century.
=> vegetable, vigil, vigour, waft, wait, wake

watch (v.)

Old English wæccan "keep watch, be awake," from Proto-Germanic *wakjan, from PIE *weg- (2) "to be strong, lively;" essentially the same word as Old English wacian "be or remain awake" (see wake (v.)); perhaps a Northumbrian form of it. Meaning "be vigilant" is from c. 1200. That of "to guard (someone or some place), stand guard" is late 14c. Sense of "to observe, keep under observance" is mid-15c. Related: Watched; watching.

watch (n.)

Old English wæcce "a watching, state of being or remaining awake, wakefulness;" also "act or practice of refraining from sleep for devotional or penitential purposes;" from wæccan (see watch (v.)). From c. 1200 as "one of the periods into which the night is divided," in reference to ancient times translating Latin vigilia, Greek phylake, Hebrew ashmoreth.

The Hebrews divided the night into three watches, the Greeks usually into four (sometimes five), the Romans (followed by the Jews in New Testament times) into four. [OED]

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On þis niht beð fowuer niht wecches: Biforen euen þe bilimpeð to children; Mid-niht ðe bilimpeð to frumberdligges; hanecrau þe bilimpeð þowuene men; morgewile to alde men. [Trinity Homilies, c. 1200]

From mid-13c. as "a shift of guard duty; an assignment as municipal watchman;" late 13c. as "person or group obligated to patrol a town (especially at night) to keep order, etc." Also in Middle English, "the practice of remaining awake at night for purposes of debauchery and dissipation;" hence wacches of wodnesse "late-night revels and debauchery." The alliterative combination watch and ward preserves the old distinction of watch for night-time municipal patrols and ward for guarding by day; in combination, they meant "continuous vigilance."

Military sense of "military guard, sentinel" is from late 14c. General sense of "careful observation, watchfulness, vigilance" is from late 14c.; to keep watch is from late 14c. Meaning "period of time in which a division of a ship's crew remains on deck" is from 1580s. The meaning "small timepiece" is from 1580s, developing from that of "a clock to wake up sleepers" (mid-15c.).

watch 词组搭配

watch 英文释义

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)

watch 同义词解析

look, see, watch, observe, witness

这些动词均有"看"之意。

look： 侧重"看"的动作。

see： 指看见。

watch： 指用眼睛跟随某物，以便对每一个变化、运动等进行观察。

observe： 侧重以客观的态度进行观察。

witness： 指当场看见，亲眼看见。

watch 双语例句

1. In prison they'd taken away his watch and everything he possessed.

在监狱，他们把他的手表和其他一切东西都搜走了。

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2. I wound up the watch and listened to it tick.

我给表上紧发条，听着它嘀嗒作响。

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3. Outside, Bruce glanced at his watch: "Dear me, nearly oneo'clock."

出了门，布鲁斯瞥了一眼自己的手表，“天哪，快一点了。”

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4. We can't just sit by and watch you throw your life away.

我们不能眼睁睁地看着你毁掉自己的生活。

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5. "Fourteen minutes," Chris said, taking a peep at his watch.

“14分钟,”克里斯瞥了一眼他的手表说道.

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watch 实用场景例句

to watch television/a football game

看电视 / 足球比赛

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He watched the house for signs of activity.

他注视着那所房子里的动静。

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He watched for signs of activity in the house.

他注视着那所房子里的动静。

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‘Would you like to play? ’ ‘No thanks─I'll just watch. ’

“你想玩吗？”“不啦，谢谢。我就看看好了。”

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We watched to see what would happen next.

我们注视着下一步要发生的事情。

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Watch what I do, then you try.

你注意看我的动作，然后试着做。

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She watched the kids playing in the yard.

她看着孩子们在院子里玩。

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They watched the bus disappear into the distance.

他们注视着公共汽车消失在远方。

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Could you watch my bags for me while I buy a paper?

我去买份报纸，你能替我照看一下我的包吗？

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Watch yourself (= be careful, because you're in a dangerous situation) !

当心！

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Watch your bag─there are thieves around.

小心你的提包，这里有小偷。

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I have to watch every penny (= be careful what I spend) .

我必须掂量着花每一分钱。

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The man was standing in his doorway watching him...

那个男人站在门口盯着他看。

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He watched the barman prepare the beer he had ordered...

他看着酒吧招待员备好他点的啤酒。

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I'd stayed up late to watch the film...

我熬夜看了那场电影。

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They spent a great deal of time watching television.

他们很多时间都看电视了。

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Human rights groups have been closely watching the case...

人权组织一直在密切关注此案。

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Annoyed commuters could only watch as the departure time ticked by.

随着发车时间一点点过去，恼怒的上班族只能干瞪眼。

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Parents can't be expected to watch their children 24 hours a day.

父母不可能每天24小时照看孩子。

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Ella was scared that someone was watching her...

有个人一直在监视埃拉，这让她很害怕。

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I always had the feeling we were being watched.

我总感觉我们被监视了。

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You really ought to watch these quiet types...

你真的应该留神这些寡言少语的人。

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If you're watching the calories, don't have mayonnaise.

如果你在意卡路里的摄入量，就不要吃蛋黄酱。

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I had the first watch that May evening.

我第一次执行警戒任务是在那个五月的晚上。

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Jose, as usual, had climbed a tree to keep watch.

乔斯像往常一样爬到树上放哨。

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US officials have been keeping close watch on the situation.

美国官员一直密切注意着事态的发展。

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'Now watch it, Patsy,' the Sergeant told her.

“留点神，帕齐。”中士提醒她。

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Apart from two men on watch in the engine-room, everyone was asleep.

除了两个人在机房值班外，其他人都在睡觉。

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Environmentalists will be on the watch for damage to wildlife.

环境保护主义者将会密切关注对野生动物造成的伤害。

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You watch. Things will get worse before they get better.

看着吧，事情在好转之前会先恶化。

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