watchman
英 [ˈwɒtʃmən]
美 [ˈwɑːtʃmən]
n. (夜间)保安员，看守人，警卫员
复数：watchmen
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
双语例句
- They got a night watchman, but we can't find him.
他们说有一个守夜人，但是找不到他。 - Didn't the bank have a night watchman?
银行难道没有守夜人吗？ - They had almost reached shore when a watchman spotted them and raced off to spread the news.
就要到岸时，一个巡夜人发现了他们，急忙跑开去报告。 - There's an old watchman living there.
那里住着一个老看守人。 - He became a watchman after he retired from the factory.
他从工厂退休后成为一名守夜者。 - The watchman had heard nothing& yet the building had been robbed.
守卫的人没有听到动静，然而这座楼被盗了。 - The burglars tied up the night watchman with a piece of cord.
夜盗用一根绳把守夜人捆了起来。 - 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。 - 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。 - I wish I were a watchman walking the streets all night, chasing the shadows with my lantern.
我愿意我是一个更夫，整夜在街上走，提了灯去追逐影子。