watch
观察,监视,钟表,观察一下
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Definitions
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- : to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- : to look or wait attentively and expectantly: to watch for a signal; to watch for an opportunity.
- : to be careful or cautious: Watch when you cross the street.
- : to keep awake, especially for a purpose; remain vigilant, as for protection or safekeeping: to watch with a sick person.
- : to keep vigil, as for devotional purposes.
- : to keep guard: She was assigned to watch at the door.
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- : to keep under attentive view or observation, as in order to see or learn something; view attentively or with interest: to watch a play; to watch a football game.
- : to contemplate or regard mentally: to watch his progress.
- : to look or wait attentively and expectantly for: to watch one's opportunity.
- : to guard, tend, or oversee, especially for protection or safekeeping: to watch the baby.
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- : close, continuous observation for the purpose of seeing or discovering something: Their watch for the birds was unrewarding.
- : vigilant guard, as for protection or restraint: to keep watch for prowlers.
- : a keeping awake for some special purpose: a watch beside a sickbed.
- : a period of time for watching or keeping guard: to stand the first watch.
- : a small, portable timepiece, as a wrist watch or pocket watch.
- : a chronometer.
- : Nautical. a period of time, usually four hours, during which one part of a ship's crew is on duty, taking turns with another part.the officers and crew who attend to the working of a ship for an allotted period of time.
- : one of the periods, usually three or four, into which the night was divided in ancient times, as by the Greeks or Hebrews: the fourth watch of the night.
- : a person or group that watches, as a lookout, guard, or sentinel: A watch was posted at sunset.
- : Also called storm watch. Meteorology. an announcement from the U.S. National Weather Service alerting the public that dangerous weather conditions are a possibility and that vigilance and precautionary preparations are advised: hurricane watch;tornado watch.Compare advisory, warning.
- : a flock of nightingales.
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- : watch out, to be on one's guard; be cautious: Watch out for cars when you cross the road.
- : watch over, to guard for protection or safekeeping: She watched over us like a mother hen over her brood.
Phrases
- watched pot never boils, a
- watch it
- watch like a hawk
- watch my dust
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over
- keep watch
- look (watch) out
- on the lookout (watch)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
To take an SpO2 reading, there’s an app on the watch that triggers the 15-second process.
The new program is a boon to Apple since it’s an added incentive for Singaporeans to purchase the brand’s watch.
Smart watches and fitness trackers have transformed the world of exercise, spawning a generation of active tech users.
Amazon says that the watch will intermittently listen throughout the day, or you can specifically trigger it to listen for up to 30 minutes by pressing the button.
I run with an Apple Watch and AirPods, because the watch stores my running playlist.
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
People watch night soaps because the genre allows them to believe in a world where people just react off their baser instincts.
I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
Angry Birds at its simplest was the same way, though you wanted to watch things collapse and explode.
The inability to do anything besides binge-watch entire seasons on Netflix.
I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
He produced a watch and studied it frowningly, then dismissed us and the recital of our troubles with a ponderous gesture.
He is a hypochondriac now and would keep a close watch on his heir's health and habits; you may be sure of that.
He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.
His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"