Definition of night watch in English:

night watch

noun

1A period at night during which a person or group of people is stationed to look out for danger or trouble.
a fight broke out during the lieutenant's night watch
Example sentencesExamples
- The crew on the night watch were busy and Arthur was unable to catch anyone's attention.
- During this protracted night watch, they employed a camera armed with an enhanced lens to achieve an advanced degree of magnification.
- That night he and I stood a night watch together.
- Jonas could never handle the night watch without falling asleep.
- On night watch, he dreamed up plots for stories, which he sold to magazines.
- The center of the new play is an amiably shiftless young man on the night watch as security guard at a generic high-rise.
- After doing a night watch on Knapp Hill, we drove as far as we could.
- The best bit was completing our night watch shift.
- I'm always anxious about the night watch over my dig.
- I just finished the 3am night watch, and I thought I'd sneak home for a couple of hours.
1. 1.1 A person or group of people stationed to look out for danger or trouble at night.
  he was the supervisor of a three-man night watch
  Example sentencesExamples
  The nun was acting as night-watch.
  The night watch made their rounds, their armour rattling as they passed.
  Do you want me to assign more men to the night watch?
  The night watch is temporarily off duty.
  I asked the night watch captain if I could talk with him.
  I was visiting an NYPD precinct some years ago when the night watch stood inspection.
  We rely more on our own system, such as having a night watch to monitor the water level.
  This occurred so many times that they set up a special night watch to discover who was responsible for the vandalism.
  Residents were so frightened that they set up a night watch to try to catch the culprit.
  Chiefs of villages are told to form night watches.

单词	night watch
释义	Definition of night watch in English: night watch noun 1A period at night during which a person or group of people is stationed to look out for danger or trouble. a fight broke out during the lieutenant's night watch Example sentencesExamples The crew on the night watch were busy and Arthur was unable to catch anyone's attention. During this protracted night watch, they employed a camera armed with an enhanced lens to achieve an advanced degree of magnification. That night he and I stood a night watch together. Jonas could never handle the night watch without falling asleep. On night watch, he dreamed up plots for stories, which he sold to magazines. The center of the new play is an amiably shiftless young man on the night watch as security guard at a generic high-rise. After doing a night watch on Knapp Hill, we drove as far as we could. The best bit was completing our night watch shift. I'm always anxious about the night watch over my dig. I just finished the 3am night watch, and I thought I'd sneak home for a couple of hours. 1.1 A person or group of people stationed to look out for danger or trouble at night. he was the supervisor of a three-man night watch Example sentencesExamples The nun was acting as night-watch. The night watch made their rounds, their armour rattling as they passed. Do you want me to assign more men to the night watch? The night watch is temporarily off duty. I asked the night watch captain if I could talk with him. I was visiting an NYPD precinct some years ago when the night watch stood inspection. We rely more on our own system, such as having a night watch to monitor the water level. This occurred so many times that they set up a special night watch to discover who was responsible for the vandalism. Residents were so frightened that they set up a night watch to try to catch the culprit. Chiefs of villages are told to form night watches.
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