英语词汇“deathwatch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	deathwatch
释义	Trends of deathwatch View usage for: deathwatch in British English (ˈdɛθˌwɒtʃ) noun 1. a vigil held beside a dying or dead person 2. deathwatch beetle deathwatch in American English (ˈdɛθˌwɑtʃ) noun 1. a vigil kept beside a dead or dying person 2. a guard set over a person soon to be executed 3. any of various insects, esp. any of a family (Anobiidae) of wood-burrowing beetles whose heads make a tapping sound superstitiously regarded as an omen of death Examples of 'deathwatch' in a sentence deathwatch `Sinking oh so beautifully under the weight of debts and tax and deathwatch beetle and dangerous wiring and inadequate heating. Melville, Anne THE HARDIE INHERITANCE (2001) Claude and I were old, friendly rivals on the deathwatch beat. Joyce Carol Oates FAITHLESS: TALES OF TRANSGRESSION (2001)
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Trends ofdeathwatch