| 单词 | to watch over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto watch over—— 5. to watch over——. To exercise protecting care over; to keep in constant view in order to preserve from harm or error. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard over [verb (transitive)] hold971 witec1000 ward?a1035 looklOE bewakec1175 getec1175 wakec1175 i-witea1240 forelook1340 watch?a1400 to watch over——1526 award?c1550 guard1582 to wait over ——1659 shepherd1885 watchdog1902 warden1910 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. SSSiii As heerdmen, euer watchyng ouer the flocke of our lorde Iesu. 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Agenda, Sunday in Golden Grove 65 Watch over thy self, counsel thy self,..and judge thy self impartially. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 289. ¶2 That Providence which watches over all its Works? 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 233 But there is a Providence (such at least was the opinion of the historian Procopius) that watches over innocence and folly. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. ii. 216 From heaven fair beings come at night To watch o'er mortals while they sleep. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 404 The eye of the rulers is required always to watch over the young. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. v. 166 We cannot put Stonehenge or the Wansdyke into a museum—all the more reason why we should watch over them where they are. 1899 M. Benson & J. Gourlay Temple of Mut i. 11 A flock of goats, watched over by an Arab girl. < as lemmas |
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