- a vigil held beside a dying or dead person
- deathwatch beetle ⇒ a beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, whose woodboring larvae are a serious pest. The adult produces a rapid tapping sound with its head that was once popularly supposed to presage death
| 单词 | deathwatch |
| 释义 | WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 death•watch (deth′woch′, -wôch′),USA pronunciation n.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: deathwatch /ˈdɛθˌwɒtʃ/ n
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