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- an instrument or device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of a process or quantity监控器; 监听器; 监视器：
a heart monitor.
心脏监护仪。
1.1
- a person operating such an instrument or device监控器（或监听器、监视器）操作员。
1.2
- a person who observes a process or activity to check that it is carried out fairly or correctly, especially in an official capacity（尤指官方）监督员：
the independent judicial monitor.
独立司法监督员。
1.3
- a person who listens to and reports on foreign radio broadcasts and signals（对外国无线电广播和信号等的）监听员。
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- a school pupil with disciplinary or other special duties（学校）班长, 级长。
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- a television receiver used in a studio to select or verify the picture being broadcast from a particular camera（摄影棚的）画面监控器。
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- a television which displays an image generated by a computer（电脑）显示器; 显示屏。
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- a loudspeaker, especially one used by performers on stage to hear themselves or in the studio to hear what has been recorded监听喇叭（尤指舞台演员用来听自己话音或录音室用来听录好内容的喇叭）。
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- （亦作monitor lizard）a large tropical Old World lizard with a long neck, narrow head, forked tongue, strong claws, and a short body. Monitors were formerly believed to give warning of crocodiles. Called GOANNA in Australia.巨蜥。在澳大利亚称GOANNA.
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- Family Varanidae and genus Varanus: many species.巨蜥科, 巨蜥属：多种。参见KOMODO DRAGON.
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- historical a shallow-draught warship mounting one or two heavy guns for bombardment〈史〉浅水重炮舰。
with obj.
1- observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review检测; 监测：
equipment was installed to monitor air quality.
安装了设备以监测空气质量。
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- maintain regular surveillance over监视; 监控：
he was a man of routine and it was easy for an enemy to monitor his movements.
他是个做事有规律的人, 敌人很容易监视他的行踪。
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- listen to and report on (a foreign radio broadcast or a telephone conversation)监听（外国广播或电话）。
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- check or regulate the technical quality of (a radio transmission or television signal)监控（无线电或电视传输信号）。
派生词
monitorial
adjectivemonitorship
noun词源
early 16th cent. (in sense 2)： from Latin, from monit- 'warned'， from the verb monere. Sense 1 dates from the 1930s.