单词 | middle watch |
释义 | middle watch (once / 22730 pages) n WORD FAMILY middle watch: middle watches USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Groves states that these lights went out at 11.40, and remembers that time because "one bell was struck to call the middle watch." Government, British, Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic'(2012) Also, it was three bells of the middle watch, or--in other words--half-past one in the morning. Gilson, Charles, Submarine U93(2012) By two bells in the middle watch the good ship Arrandoon was off the needle rocks of the Portland Huck. Stables, Gordon, Wild Adventures round the Pole—The...(2011) n a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) Syn|Hyper graveyard watch, midwatch, night watch watch a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty |
随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。