watchword

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry.
    — "How this perpetual gaiety," exclaimed Louis, "jars upon the ear! Good Heaven! is farewell to be said so gladly? I sometimes start when I think upon the hollowness of all that surrounds me. I often wish my eye had the power of searching the inmost depths of the bosoms whose watchword is my name."
  2. A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.
    — a Watchword sufficient for him that is wiſe

词形变化

watchwords plural

词汇关系

相关词
watch watcher watchman

词源

From Middle English wacche word, wacchworde, morphologically as watch (“guard, sentinel, sentry”) + word.
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