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 night watchman makes the rounds of the building every hour.
  守夜人每小时对这栋楼查看一次。
• He became a watchman after he retired from the factory.
  他从工厂退休后成为一名守夜者。
• 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。
• Walter applied for the night watchman's job but we had to turn him down because he's too old.
  沃尔特申请做守夜人的工作，可是我们只得拒绝他，因为他年纪太大了。
• There's an old watchman living there.
  那里住着一个老看守人。
• 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。
• The night watchman looked around the building, but he saw nothing out of the way.
  查夜人巡视大楼周围，但他没有看见什么奇特的事情。
• 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。
• You're the night watchman, Lawrence. A venerable position in this institution.
  你是守夜人，这个博物馆里很值得尊敬的职位。
• They drug the watchman and rob the bank.
  他们用药麻醉看守人，然后抢劫银行。