sentry

英 [ˈsentri]

美 [ˈsentri]

n.  哨兵

复数：sentries　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12861 / COCA.14786

牛津词典

noun

• 哨兵
  a soldier whose job is to guard sth
  1. to be on sentry duty
     放哨

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 哨兵;警卫
  Asentryis a soldier who guards a camp or a building.
  1. The sentry would not let her enter...
     警卫不让她进去。
  2. Aren't you supposed to be on sentry duty?
     你不是应该在站岗吗？

英英释义

noun

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  Synonym:lookoutlookout mansentinelwatchspotterscoutpicket

双语例句

• Was that a sentry box stood at each corner.
  仅仅是在每个角落有个岗亭。
• Our scouts quietly disposed of the enemy sentry.
  我们的侦察兵一声不响地干掉了敌人的哨兵。
• I heard the sentry cock his sub-machine gun.
  我听到哨兵拉上了手提机关枪的扳机。
• A week later the man came back, and once again, the sentry looked in the truck.
  一周后，那人又来了，哨兵再次检查汽车上的行李箱。
• The sentry asked for our papers.
  岗哨要检查我们的证件。
• The position where something or someone ( as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand.
  某物或某人，如卫兵或岗哨，所站的位置或被指定的位置。
• He focuses his attention on the sentry's head since that is where the sentry generates all of his movement and attention.
  他专注于哨兵的头上了他的注意，因为这是那里的哨兵和他的运动产生的所有的注意力。
• Two old ladies, neatly hatted and gloved; a bearskin-hatted sentry.
  两位年老的女士，整洁地戴着帽子和手套；一个戴着熊皮帽的哨兵。
• The sentry regarded us suspiciously.
  哨兵猜疑地打量着我们。
• A sentry gave the challenge," halt! who goes there?"
  哨兵喝问：“站住！什么人？”