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watch for

/woch/US // wɒtʃ //UK // (wɒtʃ) //

关注,观察,监视,看好

Related Words

timepiece计时器,钟表,手表,纪念品wristwatch手表,腕表stare凝视,瞠目结舌,凝视着,凝神静气listen听,倾听,聆听,收听look样子,脸色,貌似,貌attend参加,出席,出席会议,参会scan扫描,浏览,扫描器,扫瞄regard视,看待,注意,看check out查阅,查看,查阅资料,查出see见,见的,见证,见识一下observe观察,遵守,观察一下,观测scrutinize审视,审议,睃巡,端详follow遵循,跟,按照,遵从wait等待,伺候,侍候,等待着examine审查,检查,研究,审视view观点,查看,视图,景观keep an eye on关注,关照,关心,密切关注keep保持,保持保持take care of照顾,照顾好,照看,照料chronometer计时码表,计时表,计时器,天文表

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
  1. 1
    • : 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

as inbide
Synonyms
dwell居住,住,住在,栖身sit tight坐好了,坐稳了,坐好,坐立不安stick around坚持下去,坚守,坚守岗位,坚持不懈abide恪守,忍受,停留,持续attend参加,出席,出席会议,参会await等待,等候,等待着,等待的continue继续,继续说,延续,继续进行linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前live生活,活,居住,住remain仍然是,剩余的,残留的,剩余reside居住,居住在这里,住在这里,居于stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留tarry耽搁,耽搁了,耽误时间,耽搁时间hang around闲逛,闲晃,闲晃着,闲混hang in挂在,悬挂在,悬挂于,挂在这里hang out闲逛,挂出,玩耍,闲逛的时候hold the phone拿着电话,握住电话,拿着手机,持电话lie in wait打埋伏,埋伏,打埋伏的,打埋伏的人sweat it汗水,挥汗如雨,流汗了,汗流浃背
as inexpect
Synonyms
await等待,等候,等待着,等待的forecast预测,预告,预报,预计foresee预知,预见,预测,预见的hope希望,希望如此,期望,盼望predict预测,预告,预言,预见suppose假设,假定,估计,推测take采纳,采纳了think认为,觉得,想,想到apprehend逮捕,抓获,捉拿,缉拿assume假设,假定,承担,担当calculate计算,算计,计算出,计算出的conjecture猜测,猜想,推测,臆测contemplate沉思,思索,思考,考虑divine神圣的,神奇的,神圣,神奇envisage设想,预计,设想一下,预见feel感觉,觉得,感受,感到figure数字,图,人物,形象foreknow预知,预见,预测,预识到gather收集,聚集,集合,聚会imagine想象,想象一下,想像,想象力look样子,脸色,貌似,貌presume推测,推定,推断,假定presuppose预设,预先假定,预设为,预先假设reckon估算一下,估算,估计,计算sense意义,感觉,感官,意识surmise推测,臆测,猜测,臆想suspect嫌疑人,怀疑,疑犯,嫌疑犯trust信任,信托,相信,信赖understand了解,理解,明白,懂得bargain for讨价还价,讨价还价的,砍价,议价bargain on讨价还价,议价,讨价还价的,讨价还价的时候be afraid害怕,惧怕,恐惧,畏惧count on依靠,依赖于,指望,指hope for希望,盼望着,盼望,期望in the cards在牌,在牌中,在卡上,在牌上look ahead to展望未来,瞻前顾后,展望,瞻望look for寻觅,找寻,寻找,寻寻觅觅look forward to盼望着,期待,期待着,瞩望see coming请看即将到来的,请看即将来临的,请看即将到来,请看即将推出的wait for等待,等候,等到,等待着
as inhope
Synonyms
anticipate预计,预期,预测,预见assume假设,假定,承担,担当believe相信,认为,坚信,相信自己cherish珍惜,珍视,爱惜,珍爱count on依靠,依赖于,指望,指expect期待,期待着,期望,期待中hold持有,举行,保持,持有的wish希望,愿望,祝愿,愿aspire渴望,向往,向往的,有志于await等待,等候,等待着,等待的contemplate沉思,思索,思考,考虑desire愿望,欲望,渴望,希望foresee预知,预见,预测,预见的pray祈祷,祷告,祷,祈祷吧presume推测,推定,推断,假定rely依靠,依赖,依赖于,依托suppose假设,假定,估计,推测surmise推测,臆测,猜测,臆想suspect嫌疑人,怀疑,疑犯,嫌疑犯sweat汗水,汗液,汗,发汗trust信任,信托,相信,信赖be sure of确信,认准了,确定,认准deem likely据信,据此认为,认作是depend on取决于,取决於,取决与否feel confident感到自信,自信,有信心,信心hang in挂在,悬挂在,悬挂于,挂在这里have faith信任,信心,有信心,信keep fingers crossed掰着指头算,掰着手指头算账,掰着手指头算,掰着指头算吧knock on wood敲敲门,敲敲打打,敲门,敲敲门吧look at sunny side仰望阳光的一面,阳光明媚的一面,仰望阳光,阳光明媚look forward to盼望着,期待,期待着,瞩望promise oneself答应自己,承诺自己,承诺,许诺自己sweat it汗水,挥汗如雨,流汗了,汗流浃背sweat it out挥汗如雨,挥洒汗水,出汗,汗流浃背take heart记在心上,振作起来,铭记在心,记心think to认为要,想到,想到的是,想到了

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!"

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