watch
watch 英 [wɒtʃ] 美 [wɑtʃ]
v. 观察；注视；看守 n. 手表；监视；看守；
进行时:watching 过去式:watched 过去分词:watched 第三人称单数:watches 名词复数:watches
- When you watch something, you observe it or guard it — like when you watch the latest episode of your favorite television show or when you watch your baby cousin.
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- v. 观察；注视；看守
- n. 手表；监视；看守；
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1. He watched the house .
他注视着那所房子。
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2. 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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3. Watch what I do, then you try.
你注意看我的动作，然后试着做。
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4. Watch yourself! (= be careful)
当心！
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5. Watch your bag—there are thieves around.
小心你的提包，这里有小偷。
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6. My watch is fast/slow.
我的表快╱慢了。
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7. The government is keeping a close watch on the thing.
政府正在密切注视着这件事。
- 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 "keep watch, be awake," from Proto-Germanic *wakjan, from PIE root *weg- "to be strong, be lively." 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. 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."
- watch (v.) Old English wæccan "keep watch, be awake," from Proto-Germanic *wakjan, from PIE root *weg- "to be strong, be 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.
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