1instrument for telling the time錶ADJECTIVE | VERB + WATCH | WATCH + VERB | WATCH + NOUNADJECTIVE➤digital數字手錶➤analogue/analog, mechanical (especially NAmE) 指針式鐘錶;機械錶▸➤pocket, wrist (usually wristwatch)懷錶;腕錶▸➤sports運動錶➤designer高檔名錶➤antique古董錶➤quartz石英錶➤diamond, gold, silver鑽石錶;金錶;銀錶VERB + WATCH➤check, consult, glance at, look at校對手錶時間;看手錶;看一看手錶▸➤reset, set重調手錶的時間;調手錶的時間◇Don't forget to set your watch to local time.別忘了把手錶調成當地時間。➤synchronize校準錶◇Let's synchronize our watches.我們對一下錶吧。➤wind給錶上弦◇Quartz watches don't need winding.石英錶不需要上弦。➤have on, wear戴手錶▸➤put on戴上手錶▸➤take off摘下手錶WATCH + VERB➤go, work手錶走◇My watch is ten years old and it's still going.我的手錶已用了 10 年,現在還在走。➤stop手錶停轉◇Sorry I'm late-my watch has stopped.對不起,我來晚了,我的手錶停了。➤be slow, lose sth手錶走慢;手錶慢了⋯◇My watch loses a minute each day.我的手錶每天慢 1 分鐘。➤be fast, gain sth手錶走快;手錶快了⋯▸➤read sth, say sth, show sth手錶顯示⋯◇My watch says three o'clock.我的手錶顯示是 3 點鐘。➤beep手錶嘟嘟響◇Her wrist watch beeped.她的腕錶發出嗶嗶聲。WATCH + NOUN➤face手錶表面▸➤band(usually watchband) (NAmE) , strap (BrE) 手錶帶➤battery手錶電池watch
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2guard看守ADJECTIVE | VERB + WATCH | WATCH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤careful, close, vigilant (especially BrE) 小心看管;密切注意;警惕◇I kept a close watch on my bag as I sat on the train.坐火車時我緊盯着我的包。◇They kept a vigilant watch for the enemy.他們時刻警惕着敵人。➤constant持續監視▸➤night夜間守衞➤flood, hurricane, storm, tornado (especially NAmE) 洪水/颶風/風暴/龍捲風監控◇We have tornado watches in effect for a lot of Florida.我們對佛羅里達州很多地區的龍捲風實施監控。➤suicide防自殺監視◇prisoners on suicide watch受到防止自殺監視的囚犯➤neighbourhood/neighborhood居民聯防VERB + WATCH➤keep, stand放哨;站崗◇Two soldiers were ordered to keep watch for enemy aircraft.兩名士兵奉命監視敵機。➤put安排監視◇The garrison commander had put an extra watch on the prisoners.衞戍部隊司令已經安排加強對囚犯的看守。➤post站崗◇That night they posted watches.他們那天晚上站崗。➤maintain保持監視◇The authorities maintained a careful watch over the establishment.當局密切監視該機構。➤issue (NAmE) 發佈警示◇They're in charge of issuing the tornado watches.他們負責發佈龍捲風警情。WATCH + NOUN➤committee監督委員會▸➤tower瞭望塔➤list (NAmE) 監視名單◇the terrorist watch list恐怖分子監視名單PREPOSITION➤on watch值班◇Some of the crew were sleeping, while others were on watch.一些船員在睡覺,其他的在值班。➤on the watch for提防;密切注意◇Cats are constantly on the watch for mice or other small mammals.貓總是伺機抓些老鼠或其他小哺乳動物。PHRASES➤keep watch over sb/sth, stand watch over sb/sth監視⋯;守衞⋯◇She keeps watch over the inmates.她監視囚犯。watch
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ADVERB | VERB + WATCH | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤carefully, closely仔細察看; 密切注意◇She watched the man closely to see where he would go.她緊盯着那個人,看他要去哪裏。➤attentively, avidly, eagerly, expectantly, intensely, intently聚精會神地觀察;熱切地注視;滿懷期待地注視;專注地觀察➤curiously好奇地看着◇I could see Robby watching curiously.我可以看到羅比在好奇地看着。➤absently, idly, lazily漫不經心地看;懶洋洋地看着▸➤calmly, impassively, numbly, passively平靜地/面無表情地/麻木地/被動地看着➤patiently耐心地觀察◇I spent hours patiently watching the eagles.我花了數小時耐心地觀察鷹。➤anxiously, apprehensively, helplessly, nervously, warily焦急地看着;擔心地看着;無助地看着;緊張地看着;警惕地注視着◇She watched helplessly as her husband was dragged away.她眼睜睜地看着丈夫被拉走了。➤open-mouthed目瞪口呆地看➤enviously羨慕地看着◇He leant in and kissed her as I watched enviously.他俯身親吻她,我羨慕地看着這一切。➤amusedly, in amusement, with amusement饒有興致地看着▸➤covertly, secretly暗中注視▸➤in silence, quietly, silently默默地看着;靜靜地看着▸➤just, merely, simply只是看◇I love just watching the world go by.我喜歡靜觀周圍發生的事情。➤religiously認真地看◇My father religiously watched the show every Friday night.我爸爸每個週五晚上都要認真地觀看這個節目。VERB + WATCH➤could only只能看着◇They could only watch in silence as their possessions were taken away.他們只能眼睜睜地看着自己的財物被拿走。➤continue to繼續觀看▸➤pause to, stay to, stop to暫時停下來看;留下來觀看;停下來觀看◇They stopped to watch the procession go by.他們停下來觀看遊行隊伍走過。➤let sb讓某人觀看◇He let me watch while he assembled the model.他讓我看着他組裝模型。PREPOSITION➤for留意◇We watched for any sign of change in the weather.我們留意着天氣變化的任何跡象。➤from從⋯觀看◇They watched from an upstairs window.他們從樓上的窗口觀望。➤in⋯地看◇She watched in astonishment as he smashed the machine to pieces.她吃驚地看着他把機器砸成碎片。➤over照看◇Maria asked Amelia to watch over her daughter.瑪麗亞請阿梅莉亞照看她的女兒。➤with以⋯的態度觀看◇He watched with great interest how she coaxed the animals inside.他饒有興趣地看着她如何哄那些動物進到裏面來。PHRASES➤sit and watch, stand and watch坐着/站着觀看◇She stood and watched them walk off down the road.她站在那裏看着他們沿着馬路走遠了。➤watch and wait觀望◇He couldn't get in touch with her, so he would just have to watch and wait.因無法與她取得聯繫,他只好乾等。➤widely watched廣泛關注的◇the most widely watched national news bulletins in the country該國觀眾最多的全國性新聞節目
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