| 单词 | vigil |
| 释义 | vigil (vɪdʒɪl ) Word forms: vigils countable noun A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest. A prayer vigil is being held in the cathedral in memory of the bishop. Protesters are holding a twenty-four hour vigil outside the socialist party headquarters. keep vigil phrase If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest. She kept a vigil at Patrick's bedside. ...protesters who kept vigil at the border last night. Collocations: constant vigil It took six weeks before she could begin to communicate with her worried parents, who had kept a constant vigil by their daughter's bedside. The Sun So dismayed are officials that they have organised a constant vigil to ensure visitors to the building are protected from what has been delicately referred to as 'pigeon debris'. Times, Sunday Times Supplies have even been seen arriving over the road for the small band of activists who are keeping constant vigil. Times, Sunday Times Josh gets most of the credit due to his constant vigil at her bedside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These honor guards will periodically rotate in order to relieve previous honor guards during their constant vigil over the casket. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 值班尤指夜间的 Japanese: 徹夜 |
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