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

• 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 watchman was beaten, the mine flooded.
  看守人被击倒了，矿井也被注满了水。
• 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。
• They drug the watchman and rob the bank.
  他们用药麻醉看守人，然后抢劫银行。
• The watchman opened the gate for her.
  守夜人给她打开了大门。
• He became a watchman after he retired from the factory.
  他从工厂退休后成为一名守夜者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 criminal throttled the watchman and robbed the bank.
  那罪犯勒死了守卫人员，抢了银行。