night watch

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night.
  2. One or more of the guards on such a watch.
  3. One of the watches kept on a marine vessel.
  4. The sailors standing such a watch.

词形变化

night watches plural night-watch alternative nightwatch alternative

词汇关系

近义词
night watchman
衍生词
nightwatcher

词源

From Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old English nihtwæċċe, a variant of nihtwacu (“nightwatch”), equivalent to night + watch. Cognate with West Frisian nachtwacht (“nightwatch”), Dutch nachtwacht, nachtwake (“nightwatch”), German Nachtwache (“nightwatch”) and Nachtwächter (“night watchman”), Swedish nattvakt (“nightwatch”), Icelandic næturvakt (“nightwatch”).
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