watchman

英 [ˈwɒtʃmən]

美 [ˈwɑːtʃmən]

n.  (夜间)保安员，看守人，警卫员

复数：watchmen　

法律

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
  Synonym:watchersecurity guard

双语例句

• The watchman was beaten, the mine flooded.
  看守人被击倒了，矿井也被注满了水。
• There's a watchman always on duty.
  有一个守夜的人，整夜都值更。
• Once or twice she looked over her shoulder at me. The night watchman makes his rounds every hour.
  有一两次她回头看看我。守夜者每小时巡回一次。
• I can see through my open window the watchman walking up and down.
  从开着的窗口，我看得见更夫走来走去。
• 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。
• They had almost reached shore when a watchman spotted them and raced off to spread the news.
  就要到岸时，一个巡夜人发现了他们，急忙跑开去报告。
• His grandfather is the watchman of the factory.
  他的爷爷是这个工厂的守夜人。
• The old watchman looked up curiously from his magazine as we went out the gate.
  当我们从大门出去时那看门老人好奇地从杂志上抬起头看了看。
• 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。
• My rich Sikh landlord slept on the road and earn good money as watchman while sleeping.
  我那些有钱的锡克教徒们在马路边上睡觉，在睡觉的时候还要当守门人赚钱。