Word · Frequency #12861
sentry
哨兵, 看守
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- 1.
A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
守卫军事基地入口的哨兵
- 2.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
被雇来守望预期事件的人
- 3.
Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
哨兵值勤；担任哨兵的时间
- 4.
A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
一种水下拖曳的阻力装置,触底后翻转并浮出水面
- 5.
A watchtower.
瞭望塔
- 6.
An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.
类似土拨鼠的动物,负责向群体示警
守卫军事基地入口的哨兵；被雇来守望预期事件的人；哨兵值勤；担任哨兵的时间；一种水下拖曳的阻力装置,触底后翻转并浮出水面；瞭望塔
In use
The sentry stood guard at the gate, watching for any unauthorized vehicles.
A lone sentry patrolled the perimeter of the military camp during the night.
The general ordered the sentries to double their vigilance after the recent threat.
post/station a sentry (+ prep phrase)
They posted a sentry at the gate.
他们在门口设了一名哨兵。
sentry + noun (as modifier)
sentry 作定语时通常表示与哨兵相关的物品或职责。
The sentry box was painted red.
哨兵岗亭被漆成了红色。
sentry + location (as verb)
动词用法较少见，通常用于军事语境。
Connections
Collocations
- stand sentry
- 站岗，放哨
- Two soldiers stood sentry at the gate.两名士兵在大门口站岗。
- sentry duty
- 哨兵勤务，站岗
- He was assigned to sentry duty for the night.他夜间被指派站岗。
- post a sentry
- 布置岗哨，设哨兵
- The commander posted sentries around the perimeter.指挥官在周边布置了哨兵。
- relieve the sentry
- 换哨，接替哨兵
- A guard came to relieve the sentry at midnight.午夜时分，一名卫兵前来换哨。
- sentry box
- 岗亭，哨亭
- The sentry stood inside a small sentry box.哨兵站在一个小岗亭里。
- sentry post
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：sentry 听着像“sent tree”（派来的一棵树）——哨兵站岗纹丝不动，像树一样立在哨位。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：military base、guard duty、formal writing sentry 是比较正式的用语，通常用于军事或正式书面语境，指在基地入口等处站岗的卫兵；日常口语中更常说 guard。
Grammar Note
名词可数；动词及物/不及物
Pronunciation & Spelling
真押韵词：entry /ˈɛntri/ 和 gentry /ˈdʒɛntri/ 与 sentry /ˈsɛntri/ 的重读元音 /ɛ/ 及后续 /ntri/ 完全一致。形似但发音不同的词：pantry /ˈpæntri/ 和 country /ˈkʌntri/ 虽拼写以 -ntry 结尾，但重读元音分别为 /æ/ 和 /ʌ/，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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