sentry
英['sentr?]
美['s?ntri]
- n. 哨兵；崗哨
- vi. 放哨
- vt. 設崗哨
詞態變化
復數:?sentries;
中文詞源
sentry 哨兵
可能縮寫自 sentinel,-ry,表地點或人，比較 bakery,cavalry.原義為眺望塔，后與 sentinel 詞義融 合。
英文詞源
- sentry
- sentry: [17] Sentry is probably short for the now obsolete centrinell ‘sentry’. This first appeared in the 16th century as a variant of sentinel [16], which came via French sentinelle from Italian sentinella. It is not altogether clear where the Italian noun came from, but it may well have been derived from the verb sentire ‘perceive, watch’, a descendant of Latin sentīre ‘feel’ (from which English gets sense, sentence, sentiment, etc).
=> sentinel - sentry (n.)
- 1610s, originally "watchtower;" perhaps a shortened variant of sentinel, which had a variant form centrinel (1590s); or perhaps worn down from sanctuary, on notion of "shelter for a watchman." Meaning "military guard posted around a camp" is first attested 1630s. Sentry-box is from 1728.
雙語例句
- 1. The sentry would not let her enter.
- 警衛不讓她進去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Aren't you supposed to be on sentry duty?
- 你不是應該在站崗嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. to be on sentry duty
- 放哨
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. They often stood sentry on snowy nights.
- 他們常常在雪夜放哨.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The sentry is on guard.
- 那哨兵在擔任警戒.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》