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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 watchman was beaten, the mine flooded.
  看守人被击倒了，矿井也被注满了水。
• 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。
• 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。
• He worked as a watchman for a roofing firm.
  他是一家屋顶材料公司的看守人。
• His grandfather is the watchman of the factory.
  他的爷爷是这个工厂的守夜人。