单词 | watch-keeper |
释义 | > as lemmaswatch-keeper watch-keeper n. one who keeps watch or serves as a member of a watch on board ship; an officer in charge of a watch; also in gen. use, one who keeps watch or acts as a look-out. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [noun] > one who waker1382 veilc1390 watch1484 watcher1525 observator1611 eye1837 watch-keeper1900 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > crew > watch > watch-keeper watch-keeper1900 1900 F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea xi. 210 The second mate..combined in himself the various offices of bosun, sailmaker, and watchkeeper. 1920 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 May 298/4 He exchanged his duties as a watch-keeper in an ironclad for service in the Cockatrice. 1981 J. R. L. Anderson Death in High Latitude ix. 141 We must have someone on watch... And the watchkeeper must have a rifle. < as lemmas |
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