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watchman

/woch-muhn/US // ˈwɒtʃ mən //UK // (ˈwɒtʃmən) //

看门人,看守员,看守人,看守者

Related Words

caretaker看守员,看门人,看守人,看守所patrolman巡警,巡视员,巡逻员,巡逻人员warden典狱长,监狱长,监管人,监护人custodian保管人,托管人,保管员,监护人policeman警察,警员,员警,警官lookout瞭望台,望风,瞭望,瞭望者detective侦探,侦察员,侦查员,侦探者patrol巡逻,巡逻队,巡查,巡视observer观察者,观察员,观察家,观测者picket纠察队,纠察,纠察官,纠察员ranger护林员,游侠,护卫员,护林人sentry哨兵,岗哨,哨所,监视者watch观察,监视,钟表,观察一下curator策展人,馆长,策划人,馆员watcher观察者,观看者,观察家,看守者spy谍报,谍报人员,谍影重重,谍报员keeper保持者,保持人,保持器,保持guard守护,守卫,守,守住scout侦察员,侦查员,侦察兵,童子军sentinel哨兵,哨兵队,步哨,前哨

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural watch·men.

    • : a person who keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves.
    • : a person who guards or patrols the streets at night.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounguard
Synonyms
caretaker看守员,看门人,看守人,看守所custodian保管人,托管人,保管员,监护人patrolman巡警,巡视员,巡逻员,巡逻人员policeman警察,警员,员警,警官warden典狱长,监狱长,监管人,监护人curator策展人,馆长,策划人,馆员detective侦探,侦察员,侦查员,侦探者guard守护,守卫,守,守住keeper保持者,保持人,保持器,保持lookout瞭望台,望风,瞭望,瞭望者observer观察者,观察员,观察家,观测者patrol巡逻,巡逻队,巡查,巡视picket纠察队,纠察,纠察官,纠察员ranger护林员,游侠,护卫员,护林人scout侦察员,侦查员,侦察兵,童子军sentinel哨兵,哨兵队,步哨,前哨sentry哨兵,岗哨,哨所,监视者signalman信号员,信号工,信号兵,信号灯spotter观测员,观测者,观察者,察看者spy谍报,谍报人员,谍影重重,谍报员ward监护人,监护室,监护权,监狱watch观察,监视,钟表,观察一下watcher观察者,观看者,观察家,看守者flagman旗手,旗人security guard保安,保安员,保安人员,警卫security man保安人员,保安员,安保人员,安全员

Examples

  • Kocurek now works 12-hour shifts as a night watchman guarding the entrance to a drilling patch.

  • His usual trick: bribing the night watchman to let him into the bank.

  • My friends and I went there once or twice a week and waited for the watchman to chase us out.

  • And people—reportedly less than 20, but still—actually showed up to meet the killer neighborhood watchman and get his autograph!

  • The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA by Scott C. Johnson, W.W. Norton & Co.

  • W was a Watchman, and guarded the door; X was expensive, and so became poor.

  • A brilliant blaze of lightning showed him the unmistakable figure of the Black Hood bending over the body of Joseph, the watchman.

  • The prophet eats the book, and receives further instructions: the office of a watchman.

  • When I saw the knife, I planned to withdraw it from the watchman's throat, to use it as possible evidence.

  • The duty of the watchman appointed by God: the justice of God's ways: his judgments upon the Jews.

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