sentinel the camp
collocation守卫营地；为营地设岗
The unit was ordered to sentinel the camp during the night.
该小队奉命在夜间守卫营地。
守卫；监视
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守卫；监视
To watch over as a guard.
The guards sentineled the entrance throughout the night.
卫兵们整夜守卫着入口。
像守卫一样监视
To watch over as a guard.
派驻守卫
To post a guard for.
sentinel
Base
原形
sentinels
3rd person
第三人称单数
sentineling
-ing
现在分词
sentineled
Past
过去式
sentinelled
Past participle
过去分词
The crew sentinels the ship while it is in port.
船员们在船停靠港口时守卫船只。
The officer is sentineling the entrance.
那名军官正在守卫入口。
They sentineled the bridge before dawn.
他们在黎明前守卫了那座桥。
规则动词。拼写有英式/美式差异：美式常用 sentineled、sentineling；英式也作 sentinelled、sentinelling。正式或文学语境中使用，意为“像哨兵一样守卫”。
A security officer sentinels the office lobby every morning.
一名保安每天早晨守卫办公大楼的大厅。
We were sentineling the campsite when the storm hit.
暴风雨来临时，我们正在守卫营地。
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守卫营地；为营地设岗
The unit was ordered to sentinel the camp during the night.
该小队奉命在夜间守卫营地。
警戒外围；巡视防线
Lookouts were posted to sentinel the perimeter before dusk.
黄昏前布置了瞭望哨警戒外围。
把守入口；守卫大门
Two guards sentinelled the entrance while the others searched the building.
两名卫兵把守入口，其他人则搜查了大楼。
扼守关隘；守御山口
The mountain tribe sentinelled the pass against invading armies.
这个山区部落扼守关隘，抵御入侵的军队。
站岗；守卫；监视
The lighthouse has stood sentinel over the harbor for over a century.
这座灯塔守护港口已有一个多世纪。
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想象哨兵被 sent in（派进去）站岗——sentinel 作动词就是“派驻守卫、监视”。
语域：formal 常见场景：guard duty、literary prose 该词作动词时通常用于正式或文学语境，表示像卫兵一样守卫或监视；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 guard 或 watch over。
没有常见单词与 /ˈsɛntənəl/ 完全押韵。sentence 和 sentiment 都以 /ˈsɛntə/ 开头，但结尾不同；sentry 也以 /ˈsɛnt/ 开头，但只有两个音节；sensitive 和 sensible 把 /nt/ 读成 /ns/；essential 重音在第二音节，读 /ɪˈsɛnʃəl/。
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