wrist watch
collocation手表
He glanced at his wrist watch and realized he was late.
他瞥了一眼手表，意识到自己迟到了。
手表；怀表
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手表；怀表
A small timekeeping device worn on the body, especially the wrist.
I glanced at my watch to see if the bus was coming.
我看了看手表，看公交车是不是快来了。
便携或可穿戴的计时器
A portable or wearable timepiece.
守护和观察某人或某物的行为
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
保持警戒的特定时间段
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
双相睡眠模式中两次睡眠之间的清醒期(第一次睡眠或死睡和早晨睡眠或第二次睡眠):第一次醒来
A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
Her watch stopped working after it fell into the pool.
她的手表掉进水池后就不走了。
He received a gold watch as a retirement gift.
他收到一块金表作为退休礼物。
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手表
He glanced at his wrist watch and realized he was late.
他瞥了一眼手表，意识到自己迟到了。
怀表
The antique pocket watch was passed down through generations.
这块古董怀表代代相传。
表盘
The watch face was scratched after the fall.
表盘在摔落后有了划痕。
表带
She replaced the leather watch band with a metal one.
她把皮表带换成了金属表带。
守望；值班
The guard must keep watch all night.
警卫必须整夜守望。
在值班
Two sailors were on watch during the storm.
暴风雨期间有两名水手在值班。
警惕着
The security guard was on the watch for any intruders.
保安警惕地监视着任何入侵者。
密切注视
The scientist kept a close watch on the experiment.
科学家密切注视着实验。
受监视
The prisoner was kept under constant watch.
囚犯被置于持续监视之下。
沿着瞭望塔，王子们眺望远方
This line is from Bob Dylan's song 'All Along the Watchtower', later famously covered by Jimi Hendrix. The word 'watchtower' means a tower from which a watch is kept, fitting the noun sense of a place or person for observation.
这句歌词出自鲍勃·迪伦的歌曲《All Along the Watchtower》，后来被吉米·亨德里克斯翻唱而闻名。'watchtower'指用于监视的塔楼，对应名词'watch'的瞭望含义。
谁来监视守望者？
This phrase, from the Latin 'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?', is a central theme in the graphic novel 'Watchmen' by Alan Moore. 'Watchmen' are persons employed to keep watch, directly using the noun sense of 'watch'.
这句话源自拉丁语'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'，是艾伦·摩尔漫画小说《守望者》的核心主题。'watchmen'指被雇来守望的人，直接对应'watch'的名词含义。
Use watch naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象你戴着'手表'(watch)在'看守'(watch)时，不时低头'看'(watch)时间，记住watch与'看'和'表'相关。
register: mixed; typical settings: 日常佩戴、航海值班、守夜仪式等; note_zh: 名词'watch'的多义性较强，不同义项的使用场景差异明显。'手表'是现代日常中性用词，而'值班/看守'多用于航海、军事或宗教场合，需根据上下文判断。
Words ending in -atch (catch, match, patch) share the spelling pattern but have a different vowel sound (/æ/ vs /ɑ/ in 'watch'). Words ending in -otch (notch, botch, scotch) are true rhymes with 'watch'.
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