Word · Frequency #16530
watchman
守夜人；看守；警卫
核心释义
a person who guards a building or streets, especially at night; a guard
- 1.
被指派执行看守的人；尤指夜间守卫建筑物或城市街道的人；也泛指任何性别的此类人员。
A man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; (loosely) any such person of any sex or gender.
- 2.
负责守夜的警卫
a guard who keeps watch
被指派执行看守的人；尤指夜间守卫建筑物或城市街道的人；也泛指任何性别的此类人员。；负责守夜的警卫；巡夜者；看守人；[法] 看守人；门警
用法In use
The watchman locked the gate after everyone left the factory.
用法提示：watchman 是名词，指夜间看守建筑或场所的人，这里作主语。
Two watchmen patrol the museum every night.
用法提示：复数形式 watchmen 表示多个守卫，patrol 搭配说明其看守职责。
Our building's watchman called the police when he saw smoke.
用法提示：watchman 指大楼的夜间守卫，作主语并接动词 called。
a watchman keeps guard over [place]
keep guard over 是固定搭配，表示“守卫、看守”。
A watchman keeps guard over the building every night.
守夜人每晚守卫着这栋大楼。
work as a watchman
也可说 serve as a watchman；watchman 的复数形式是 watchmen。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- night watchman
- 守夜人；夜间警卫
- The night watchman makes his rounds every hour.守夜人每小时巡视一次。
- security watchman
- 保安看守；安保员
- The factory hired a security watchman to protect the equipment.工厂雇了一名保安看守来保护设备。
- watchman on duty
- 值班看守
- Only the watchman on duty stayed inside the warehouse.只有值班看守留在仓库里。
- watchman at the gate
- 门口看守；门卫
- The watchman at the gate checked our passes.门口的看守检查了我们的通行证。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
watch(看) + man(人) = 看守人；想象夜里不睡、盯着街区的守卫。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：历史或文学叙述、夜间值守岗位 watchman 单独使用时多用于正式或文学性叙述；而 night watchman 作岗位名称比较中性，日常对话和工作中都会出现。
语法说明Grammar Note
复数形式为 watchmen。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
watchman /ˈwɑtʃmən/ has no common rhyme here. All the listed words end in the unstressed -man /mən/ syllable, but their stressed vowel sounds are different (e.g., human /ˈhjuːmən/, woman /ˈwʊmən/, postman /ˈpoʊstmən/), so they do not rhyme with watchman.
用法优先级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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.