watches

英 [ˈwɒtʃɪz]

美 [ˈwɑːtʃɪz]

v.  看; 注视; 观看; 观察; (短时间)照看，看护，照管; 小心; 当心; 留意
n.  表; 手表; (旧时的)怀表; 注意; 注视; 监视; 观察; 值班(人); 警戒(人); 守夜(人)
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柯林斯词典

LOOKING AND PAYING ATTENTION 看；注意

• VERB 看;注视;留神观察
  If youwatchsomeone or something, you look at them, usually for a period of time, and pay attention to what is happening.
  1. The man was standing in his doorway watching him...
     那个男人站在门口盯着他看。
  2. He watched the barman prepare the beer he had ordered...
     他看着酒吧招待员备好他点的啤酒。
  3. Chris watched him sipping his brandy...
     克里斯注视着他品尝白兰地。
  4. I watched as Amy ate a few nuts.
     我看着埃米吃了几粒坚果。
• VERB 看，观看(电视节目、比赛等)
  If youwatchsomething on television or an event such as a sports match, you spend time looking at it, especially when you see it from the beginning to the end.
  1. I'd stayed up late to watch the film...
     我熬夜看了那场电影。
  2. They spent a great deal of time watching television.
     他们很多时间都看电视了。
• VERB 对…保持关注;掌握…的情况
  If youwatcha situation or event, you pay attention to it or you are aware of it, but you do not influence it.
  1. Human rights groups have been closely watching the case...
     人权组织一直在密切关注此案。
  2. Annoyed commuters could only watch as the departure time ticked by.
     随着发车时间一点点过去，恼怒的上班族只能干瞪眼。
• VERB 照看，看护(尤指孩子或动物)
  If youwatchpeople, especially children or animals, you are responsible for them, and make sure that they are not in danger.
  1. Parents can't be expected to watch their children 24 hours a day.
     父母不可能每天24小时照看孩子。

If you want to say that someone is paying attention to something they can see, you say that theyare watchingorlooking atit. In general, youwatchsomething that is moving or changing, and youlook atsomething that is not moving.I asked him to look at the picture above his bed... He watched Blake run down the stairs.You useseeto talk about things that you are aware of because a visual impression reaches your eyes. You often usecanin this case.I can see the fax here on the desk.
可以用 watch 或 look at 来表示某人注意看某事物。一般来讲，watch表示注视移动或变化的事物，look at 表示注视静止的事物：I ask him to look at the picture above his head (我让他看他上方的画)，He watched Black run down the staris (他看着布莱克跑下楼)。see 表示由于眼睛接收到视觉图像而看到东西，表达此义时常用can: I can see the fax here on the desk (我能看见这边桌上的那份传真)。

• VERB 监视
  If youwatchsomeone, you follow them secretly or spy on them.
  1. Ella was scared that someone was watching her...
     有个人一直在监视埃拉，这让她很害怕。
  2. I always had the feeling we were being watched.
     我总感觉我们被监视了。
• VERB 当心;留神
  If you tell someone towatcha particular person or thing, you are warning them to be careful that the person or thing does not get out of control or do something unpleasant.
  1. You really ought to watch these quiet types...
     你真的应该留神这些寡言少语的人。
  2. If you're watching the calories, don't have mayonnaise.
     如果你在意卡路里的摄入量，就不要吃蛋黄酱。
• N-COUNT 警戒时间;值班时间
  Awatchis a period of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that you can warn them of danger or an attack.
  1. I had the first watch that May evening.
     我第一次执行警戒任务是在那个五月的晚上。
• PHRASE 警戒;守卫
  If someonekeeps watch, they look and listen all the time, while other people are asleep or doing something else, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
  1. Jose, as usual, had climbed a tree to keep watch.
     乔斯像往常一样爬到树上放哨。
• PHRASE 注意，关注(事态发展)
  If youkeep watch onevents or a situation, you pay attention to what is happening, so that you can take action at the right moment.
  1. US officials have been keeping close watch on the situation.
     美国官员一直密切注意着事态的发展。
• PHRASE 当心;留神
  You say 'watch it' in order to warn someone to be careful, especially when you want to threaten them about what will happen if they are not careful.
  1. 'Now watch it, Patsy,' the Sergeant told her.
     “留点神，帕齐。”中士提醒她。
• PHRASE （通常指军队夜间的）警戒，值夜
  If someone ison watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
  1. Apart from two men on watch in the engine-room, everyone was asleep.
     除了两个人在机房值班外，其他人都在睡觉。
• PHRASE 密切注意;提防
  If you areon the watch forsomething, you are expecting it to happen and you therefore pay attention to events so that you will notice it when it does happen.
  1. Environmentalists will be on the watch for damage to wildlife.
     环境保护主义者将会密切关注对野生动物造成的伤害。
• 受到保卫;受到监视;被密切关注
  If someone is being keptunder watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
• PHRASE 等着瞧
  You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
  1. You watch. Things will get worse before they get better.
     看着吧，事情在好转之前会先恶化。
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INSTRUMENT THAT TELLS THE TIME 报时工具

• 手表;怀表
  Awatchis a small clock which you wear on a strap on your wrist, or on a chain.

双语例句

• I watches a basketball match in my dream.
  我梦见了一场篮球赛。
• Looks like someone watches the news.
  看来有人看到新闻了。
• "where did you get all these watches? did you knock them over?"" yes, we knocked over a jeweller's shop last night."
  “你从哪儿弄来那些手表？是不是抢的？”“是的，昨晚我们抢劫了一家珠宝行。”
• He likes to tinker with watches.
  他最爱鼓秋手表。
• He watches the catcher's signs carefully.
  他仔细的看了看捕手的暗号。
• Dennis watches ball games, cartoons and many other shows.
  丹尼斯看球赛，卡通片和许多其他节目。
• Can I see bracelet type watches?
  我能看看手镯类的手表吗？
• He can take people's watches and wallets.
  他能够偷走人们的手表和钱包。
• How can you tell clocks and watches are shy?
  你怎么说钟和表害羞了？
• It often sleeps in the day, and watches TV with me in the evening.
  它常在白天睡觉，晚上和我一起看电视。