| 单词 | watchman |
| 释义 | watchman noun[C] uk/ˈwɒtʃ.mən/us/ˈwɑːtʃ.mən/plural-menuk/-mən/usapersonwho isemployedtoguardabuildingor severalbuildings （建筑物的）看守人，保安员，警卫Synonym security guard Protection and protectors
Examplesofwatchmanwatchman Headmen harboured them; village watchmen shared their illegal spoil. From theCambridge English Corpus This is an entrance gate watchman's shelter hut at the commencement of an avenue of trees, with shrubberies on three sides of it. From theCambridge English Corpus We were mere watchmen; we have become real builders. From theCambridge English Corpus Since railways staff like watchmen, were responsible for the safety of goods, they may easily have become victims of the allegation of connivance. From theCambridge English Corpus The chowkidars or watchmen (supposedly the main characters involved in the circulation), when questioned, seemed to be genuinely ignorant of the meaning of the chapati. From theCambridge English Corpus An unrestrained, environmentally unsound materialism, and imbalanced development prevailed, not 'nightwatchman' rule. From theCambridge English Corpus That is, there is continuity of some sort among thewatchman, the space and the objects. From theCambridge English Corpus No. 11 station is a watchman's room at the end of a building used as a printing office. From theCambridge English Corpus The setting of guards over ripe crops was commonplace, and the watchmen were frequently armed and occasionally overzealous. From theCambridge English Corpus These included the everyday needs of a new administrative office such as hiring night watchmen and providing money for tea and other minor necessities. From theCambridge English Corpus Will the spy and thewatchmanever meet? From theCambridge English Corpus One nightwatchman, for instance, was accused of illegally having opened a door during the night, and another watchman was jumped on and tied up with rope by drunken journeymen. From theCambridge English Corpus The district watchmen were established in 1866. From theCambridge English Corpus Watchnight and babynurse are pidgin equivalents forwatchmanand baby-sit. From theCambridge English Corpus Eliavoo also had to work as awatchmanfor a while. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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