sentry

英 [ˈsentri]

美 [ˈsentri]

n.  哨兵

复数：sentries　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12861 / COCA.14786

牛津词典

noun

• 哨兵
  a soldier whose job is to guard sth
  1. to be on sentry duty
     放哨

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 哨兵;警卫
  Asentryis a soldier who guards a camp or a building.
  1. The sentry would not let her enter...
     警卫不让她进去。
  2. Aren't you supposed to be on sentry duty?
     你不是应该在站岗吗？

英英释义

noun

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  Synonym:lookoutlookout mansentinelwatchspotterscoutpicket

双语例句

• He ignored the sentry's challenge to halt.
  他不理睬哨兵喝令止步的盘问。
• Our scouts quietly disposed of the enemy sentry.
  我们的侦察兵一声不响地干掉了敌人的哨兵。
• He often stood sentry duty for us.
  他常常给我们站岗放哨。
• He passed the guards unnoticed. They stood sentry over the wounded.
  他经过岗哨没有被发觉。他们站岗守卫那些伤员。
• The suspicious-looking man drove up to the border, where he was greeted by a sentry.
  一个形迹可疑的人开车来到边境，哨兵迎了上去。
• A regular route for a sentry or policeman.
  警察或岗哨定期察看的区域或路线。
• Two old ladies, neatly hatted and gloved; a bearskin-hatted sentry.
  两位年老的女士，整洁地戴着帽子和手套；一个戴着熊皮帽的哨兵。
• Huck stood sentry and Tom felt his way into the alley.
  哈克放哨，汤姆摸着进了巷子。
• A sentry was on guard at each of the gates.
  每个大门有一名哨兵站岗。
• What is that? Asked one sentry.
  “那是什么？”一个哨兵问。