sentry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
    — Additional sentries are keeping watch for any signs of an ambush.
  2. Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry. uncountable
  3. A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
  4. A watchtower.
  5. An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.

词形变化

sentries plural centry alternative,obsolete sentri alternative,obsolete sentery alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
outsentry sentried sentry-box sentry-go sentry post stand sentry
相关词
sentinel

词源

From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (“a path”), diminutive of sentier, from Medieval Latin semitarius (“a path”).
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