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

• And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
  你转在我后头吧。守望的人又说，使者到了他们那里，却不回来。
• The company excused the watchman for falling asleep while on duty.
  公司原谅了那位守夜值班时睡着觉的看守员。
• The watchman was beaten, the mine flooded.
  看守人被击倒了，矿井也被注满了水。
• Edward: hello? Is this the school night watchman?
  爱德华：喂，这是学校的之夜警卫？
• They drug the watchman and rob the bank.
  他们用药麻醉看守人，然后抢劫银行。
• My rich Sikh landlord slept on the road and earn good money as watchman while sleeping.
  我那些有钱的锡克教徒们在马路边上睡觉，在睡觉的时候还要当守门人赚钱。
• Didn't the bank have a night watchman?
  银行难道没有守夜人吗？
• 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 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。
• 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。