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单词 sentinel
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sentinel

1 of 2

noun

sen·​ti·​nel ˈsent-nəl How to pronounce sentinel (audio)
ˈsen-tə-nəl
: sentry

sentinel

2 of 2

verb

sentineled or sentinelled; sentineling or sentinelling

transitive verb

1
: to watch over as a sentinel
2
: to furnish with a sentinel
3
: to post as sentinel

Synonyms

Noun

  • custodian
  • guard
  • guardian
  • keeper
  • lookout
  • minder
  • picket
  • sentry
  • warden
  • warder
  • watch
  • watcher
  • watchman
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Example Sentences

Noun a lone sentinel kept watch over the fort
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The red, white and blue sentinel stands at attention amid an array of Fourth of July yard art that encircles the one-story house. Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 4 July 2022 One individual can act as a sentinel, watching out for hawks and other predators while others forage or watch the nest. Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2022 The sentinel posted at 37th Street and Whitehaven provided evidence for more than 17,000 photo tickets since March 2020, according to a D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles response to a public-information request from The Post. Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 31 May 2022 The palace, though scarred, was one of the few still standing, a refuge, a sentinel in a town that, like many others, had hoped cruelty would not visit and fresh graves would not be dug. Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022 Two enormous palm trees stand sentinel on either end of the pool, bare and brown. Justin Torres, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021 To my back was an outrageous view of the Sphinx, a massive granite sentinel that towers ominously over the entire valley. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2021 Today, its imposing black walls and gray, tiered roofs stand sentinel over a bottle-green perimeter moat in the heart of Matsue's old quarter. CNN, 19 Jan. 2022 Like a sentinel, the church has witnessed the evolution of its community from atop a hill. Syra Ortiz- Blanes, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2021
Verb
However, on the wall there is only an enormous and exceedingly bad painting, in a heavy wooden frame, done primarily in weary shades of brown, depicting a Tuscan landscape with dim saints and sentinel cypresses and an unidentifiable bird on a bough. John Banville, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2022 This clinical strategy relies both on infected individuals coming to sentinel hospitals and medical authorities who are influential and persistent enough to raise the alarm. Maureen Miller, The Conversation, 1 June 2021 Expanding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sentinel surveillance programs and other surveillance programs to offer tests not only to those who ask but also to those who may not know to ask is also on Biden's Plan to Combat Coronavirus. USA Today, 2 Nov. 2020 And there are certain types of events or sentinel events that require a deeper dive before continuing to ensure the safety of current and future participants. Adrian Hernandez, STAT, 14 Oct. 2020 Auburn continues to rely on self-reporting and sentinel testing to keep track of its numbers. Giana Han, al, 22 Sep. 2020 It has been guarded every hour of every day since 1937 by elite Tomb Guard sentinels. Jesse Ryan, USA TODAY, 29 May 2017 When Chinese leaders gaze out toward the Pacific, their panorama is obstructed by a string of military airfields, naval anchorages, radar emplacements and listening posts sentineled by U.S. forces and their allies. Andrew Browne, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle French sentinelle, from Old Italian sentinella, from sentina vigilance, from sentire to perceive, from Latin

First Known Use

Noun

1579, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sentinel

noun

sen·​ti·​nel ˈsen-tə-nəl How to pronounce sentinel (audio)
: sentry

Medical Definition

sentinel

adjective

sen·​ti·​nel ˈsent-ᵊn-əl How to pronounce sentinel (audio)
: being an individual or part of a population potentially susceptible to an infection or infestation that is being monitored for the appearance or recurrence of the causative pathogen or parasite

sentinel

noun

as in guardian
a person or group that watches over someone or something a lone sentinel kept watch over the fort

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • guardian
  • guard
  • custodian
  • sentry
  • warden
  • keeper
  • watchman
  • warder
  • patrol
  • bodyguard
  • watcher
  • lookout
  • picket
  • watch
  • observer
  • defender
  • minder
  • escort
  • watchdog
  • spotter
  • surveillant
  • gatekeeper
  • convoy
  • honor guard
  • hack
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