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词汇 watch
释义 watch
verb
uk /wɒtʃ/ us /wɑːtʃ/

watchverb (LOOK AT)


A1[ I or T ]
to look at something for a period of time, especially something that is changing or moving: 观看;注视
I had dinner and watched TV for a couple of hours.我吃了饭,然后看了几个小时电视。
He spent the entire afternoon watching a cricket match.他整个下午都在看一场板球比赛。
[ + obj + infinitive without to ]I watched him get into a cab.我看着他坐上一辆出租车。
I got the feeling I was being watched.我有种被人监视的感觉。
[ + obj + -ing verb ]I sit by the window and watch people walking past.我坐在窗边,看着人来人往。
[ + question word ]Just watch how he slides that ball in past the goalkeeper.看看他是多么巧妙地带球越过守门员而入网的。
Bonner watched helplessly as they drove away without him.邦纳无助地看着他们开着车扬长而去,没有带上他。
She'll pretend that she hasn't seen us - you watch.她会假装没看见我们的——你看着吧。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to look at someone or something
lookLook over there! A rainbow!
watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past.
glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there.
peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening.
peekHe peeked inside the box.
stareDon't stare at people like that - it's rude.
[ T ]
to stay with someone or something, such as a child, for a short time to make certain that he, she, or it is safe: 看护;照看
If you want me to watch the kids for a couple of hours while you go out, just let me know.如果你想在出门时让我帮忙照看孩子们几个小时,跟我说一声就行了。
Could you watch my bags for me, while I go to the toilet?我去一趟卫生间,你帮我看一下这些包好吗?
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to take care of someone or something
care forShe had to give up her job to care for her elderly mother.
take care ofI just want to make enough money to take care of my family.
look afterMy aunt looked after me after my parents died.
nurseHe nursed me back to health.
tendHe lived a quiet life, tending his garden and his hives.
You can watch the trains going by from this window.你可以从这个窗口看过往的火车。
Practically the whole nation watched the ceremony on television.几乎全国民众都通过电视观看了庆典。
He watches a lot of TV.
We sat on the beach watching a spectacular sunset.我们坐在海滩上观看壮丽的晚霞。
Thousands of fans packed into the stadium to watch the match.成千上万的球迷涌进体育场观看比赛。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
chart
corner
discern
fix
glare
have a butcher'sidiom
penetrating
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
tab

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Defending and protecting

watchverb (BE CAREFUL)


B2[ T ]
to be careful of something: 小心,当心,留神
watch your weightI have to watch my weight (= be careful not to become too heavy) now I'm not exercising so much.我必须注意自己的体重,因为我现在不怎么运动。
Watch your language (= do not use rude words), young man!请注意言语得体,年轻人!
[ + (that) ]Watch (that) you don't get glue on your fingers.注意别把胶水粘到你的手指上。
[ + question word ]Watch what you're doing with that knife, Jim, it's sharp.用那把刀时小心点,吉姆,它很锋利的。
You need to watch him - he's a strange character.你得盯着他——他有点奇怪。
You need to watch those car dealers.
Watch the mosquitos - they can give you a nasty bite.
Watch what you're doing with that stick!.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Paying attention and being careful
attention span
attentiveness
baby
be good, and if you can't be good, be carefulidiom
be on (your) guardidiom
ear
egg
flow
follow/steer/take the middle course/way/pathidiom
get religionidiom
guard
hang
hang on/upon something
prudently
revolve
revolve around someone/something
safety
safety firstidiom
sit
the/a glare of somethingidiom

Grammar



Look at, see or watch?
When we look at something, we direct our eyes in its direction and pay attention to it: …

Look at
When we look at something, we direct our eyes in its direction and pay attention to it: …

See
See means noticing something using our eyes. The past simple form is saw and the -ed form is seen: …

Watch as a verb
Watch is similar to look at, but it usually means that we look at something for a period of time, especially something that is changing or moving: …

Look at, see or watch: typical errors
When there is an object, we use at after look: …

Idioms


watch someone's back
watch your back
watch it
watch paint dry
watch the clock
watch the world go by
watch this space

Phrasal verbs


watch out
watch out for someone/something
watch over someone
watch
noun
uk /wɒtʃ/ us /wɑːtʃ/

watchnoun (SMALL CLOCK)


A1[ C ]
a small clock that is worn on a strap around the wrist or, sometimes, connected to a piece of clothing by a chain: 表,手表
My watch seems to have stopped (= stopped working).我的手表好像停了。
at your watchHe glanced nervously at his watch.他紧张地瞥了一眼手表。
 
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Repairing a watch is a very fiddly job.修手表是很精细的活。
She took/cast a glance at her watch.她看了一下手表。
The watch mechanism is extremely intricate and very difficult to repair.手表的机械结构非常复杂精细,很难修理。
Does your watch keep good time?你的表准吗?
On the bottom of the watch it said 'Swiss-made'.手表底部有“瑞士制造”的字样。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Watches & clocks
24-hour clock
against the clockidiom
alarm
alarm clock
at/on the stroke of somethingidiom
atomic clock
clock
horology
hour hand
hourglass
jewel
military time
minute hand
movement
stroke
timekeeper
timepiece
turn the clocks backphrase
twenty-four-hour clock
unsynchronized

watchnoun (LOOKING)


[ S or U ]
the activity of watching or giving attention to something or someone, especially to make certain nothing bad happens: 观察;监视;注意
keep a watch onThe police keep a close watch on gang members.警方严密监视着一个帮派成员。
The soldiers slept at night, except for one who stayed awake on watch/to keep watch.夜里除了一个人站岗之外,其他的士兵都睡觉了。
[ S ]
a person or group of soldiers or guards whose duty is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack警卫;哨兵警卫队;治安队
[ C ]
a particular period of time during which a person or a group of soldiers or guards has the duty of protecting and warning of danger: 警戒时间;(警卫或治安队等的)值班时间
the night watch值夜班
 on someone's watch
at a time when someone is in charge of a particular situation and responsible for what happens:
happen on someone's watchThis happened on my watch. And I intend to resolve it.
I sometimes just look out the window and keep a watch on the comings and goings of everyone in the street.
Her parents used to keep a jealous watch over her when she was young.她小时候父母一直小心呵护她。
Management keep a close watch on bullying in the workplace.
She keeps a close watch on her husband to see that he behaves himself.
You need to keep a close watch on him. He's a real troublemaker.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
chart
corner
discern
fix
glare
have a butcher'sidiom
penetrating
re-see
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
sighting
tab

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Protection and protectors
Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
Defending and protecting

Idiom


a watch out

watch | American Dictionary


watch
noun
us/wɑtʃ, wɔtʃ/

watchnoun (SMALL CLOCK)


[ C ]
a small clock usually worn on a strap around the wrist, or sometimes carried in a pocket:
She looked at her watch and said, "It’s a quarter to five."

watchnoun (LOOKING AT)


[ C/U ]
an act of guarding someone or something to make sure the person or property stays safe and in the right place:
[ U ]The prison guards kept a close watch on him.
[ C/U ]
Watch is also a period during which someone is responsible for guarding or looking around to be sure that property or people are safe, or the person who is responsible:
[ C ]The soldiers on the night watch had to be careful not to fall asleep.
watch
verb
us/wɑtʃ, wɔtʃ/

watchverb (LOOK AT)


to look at something for a period of time:
[ T ]He spent the evening watching an old movie on TV.
[ + to infinitive ]The police were watching to see who left the house.
[ T ]Do you want me to watch the kids (= notice what they are doing and care for them) when you go out?

watchverb (BE CAREFUL)


[ T ]
to be careful of something:
We have to watch our bank account to make sure there’s enough money in it to pay our credit card bills.
I’ve got to start watching my weight (= be careful not to become fat).
The sign says "Watch for (= be careful of) falling rocks."

Idioms


watch out
watch your step

Phrasal verb


watch over someone

Examples of watch


watch
The passage of records to and from the bookhouse was closely watched.
Although the amount of time spent watching television increased, these increases usually replaced time that had been spent listening to the radio.
He wallows around in his sweaty bed and goes to work and comes back and, eventually, looks in the mirror and watches himself disappear.
In this context, musical relations are likely to become more self-conscious, and less intimate, than when watching fiction.
Therefore, the analysis concentrates on hours of television watched during a working week, and the number of times television news was watched during the week.
The health effects of solitary leisure activities, such as mainly home-based hobbies or watching television, are however inconclusive.
He first waits for her on the roof, it is late at night, and he watches the moonlight.
The experience of watching a television broadcast is far less involving.
Consider that there is no trivial link between the sight of watching someone else scratch their nose, and the experience of scratching your own nose.
Respondents who reported watching a particular programme six or seven days a week were treated as watching five days a week.
There are watches that can be worn to give you full computing power or just as or, in addition to serve as a cellphone.
Are they likely to be perceived by an audience listening to and watching an opera in the theatre?
Interestingly, when we watched the listenersubjects making their decisions, we noted that they made them at similar points in the tape.
Instead, it was the practice of watching one's weight that was gendered.
The conversational data led me to seek out other texts that contained references to body size, beauty pageants, and gendered practices of watching one's weight.
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Collocations withwatch


watch

These are words often used in combination with watch.

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careful watch
It will, however, require new priorities, and a carefulwatch on the changing contexts in which farming is taking place.
close watch on
We keep a closewatch on this, using monitoring and surveillance mechanisms.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
constant watch
A constantwatch was kept to prevent servants staying a full year, while tenants taking on apprentices were immediately asked to stand surety for any future liability to the parish.
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