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单词 vigil
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vigilnoun [ C or U ]

uk/ˈvɪdʒ.əl/us/ˈvɪdʒ.əl/

an act of staying awake, especially at night, in order to be with a person who is very ill or dying, or to make a protest, or to pray:

His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
Supporters of the peace movement held an all-night candlelit vigil outside the cathedral.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious

  • awoke
  • be in the land of the living idiom
  • come round
  • conscious
  • consciousness
  • insomniac
  • keep sb up
  • knock
  • land
  • morning person
  • not sleep a wink idiom
  • rise and shine! idiom
  • sit up
  • stay
  • stir
  • toss
  • wait up
  • wake (sb) up
  • waking
  • woken

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vigilnoun [ C ]

us/ˈvɪdʒ·əl/

a period of staying awake to be with someone who is ill or to call public attention to something:

The boy’s parents kept a long vigil in his hospital room.
A candlelight vigil on the steps of the courthouse was held to protest the verdict in this trial.
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