watch
美 [wɑtʃ] 
英 [wɒtʃ]
- v.看；观看；观察；小心
- n.手表；监视；注意；观察
- 网络注视；看守
词形变化
复数：watches 现在分词：watching 过去式：watched 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [t][i] 看；注视；观看；观察to look at sb/sth for a time, paying attention to what happens |
| to watch television/a football game 看电视╱足球比赛 |
| He watched the house for signs of activity. 他注视着那所房子里的动静。 |
| He watched for signs of activity in the house. 他注视着那所房子里的动静。 |
| ‘Would you like to play?’ ‘No thanks─I'll just watch.’ “你想玩吗？”“不啦，谢谢。我就看看好了。” |
| We watched to see what would happen next. 我们注视着下一步要发生的事情。 |
| Watch what I do, then you try. 你注意看我的动作，然后试着做。 |
| She watched the kids playing in the yard. 她看着孩子们在院子里玩。 |
| They watched the bus disappear into the distance. 他们注视着公共汽车消失在远方。 |
2. | [t] ~ sb/sth (for sb) （短时间）照看，看护，照管to take care of sb/sth for a short time |
| Could you watch my bags for me while I buy a paper? 我去买份报纸，你能替我照看一下我的包吗？ |
3. | [t]
小心；当心；留意to be careful about sth |
| Watch yourself!(= be careful, because you're in a dangerous situation) 当心！ |
| Watch your bag─there are thieves around. 小心你的提包，这里有小偷。 |
| I have to watch every penny(= be careful what I spend) . 我必须掂量着花每一分钱。 |
| Watch your head on the low ceiling. 天花板很低，当心别碰着头。 |
| Hey, watch where you're going! 嘿，瞧着点路！ |
1. | [c] 表；手表；（旧时的）怀表a type of small clock that you wear on your wrist, or (in the past) carried in your pocket |
| She kept looking anxiously at her watch. 她焦急不安地一个劲儿看表。 |
| My watch is fast/slow. 我的表快╱慢了。 |
2. | [sing][u] 注意；注视；监视；观察the act of watching sb/sth carefully in case of possible danger or problems |
| The police have mounted a watch outside the hotel. 警方已在旅馆外面布置人监视。 |
| I'll keep watch while you go through his papers(= watch and warn you if somebody is coming) . 你查阅他的文件，我来放哨。 |
| The government is keeping a close watch on how the situation develops. 政府正在密切注视着形势的发展。 |
3. | [c][u] 值班（人）；警戒（人）；守夜（人）a fixed period of time, usually while other people are asleep, during which sb watches for any danger so that they can warn others, for example on a ship; the person or people who do this |
| I'm on first watch . 我值第一班。 |
| I go on watch in an hour. 我一个小时后值班。 |
习惯用语
watch the clock
盯着钟表（算计着不超过规定的工作时间，或只盼望下班而无心工作）to be careful not to work longer than the required time; to think more about when your work will finish than about the work itself
a watched pot never boils
心急水不开（越心急，时间过得越慢）used to say that when you are impatient for sth to happen, time seems to pass very slowly
watch it
当心；留神；注意used as a warning to sb to be careful
watch your mouth/tongue
说话当心；嘴上留个把门的to be careful what you say in order not to offend sb or make them angry
watch the time
注意时间（以便按时完成或到达）to be sure that you know what the time is, so that you finish sth at the correct time, or are not late for sth
| I'll have to watch the time. I need to leave early today. 我得看着点时间。今天我要早走。 |
watch this space
（用于命令）等待下面发表的消息used in orders, to tell sb to wait for more news about sth to be announced
| I can't tell you any more right now, but watch this space. 目前我不能跟你多说，等着听下面发表的消息吧。 |
watch the world go by
闲看人来人往；静观众生百态to relax and watch people in a public place
| We sat outside a cafe, watching the world go by. 我们坐在一家小餐馆外面，望着眼前来来往往的人们。 |
be on the watch (for sb/sth)
小心提防；警戒to be looking carefully for sb/sth that you expect to see, especially in order to avoid possible danger
| Be on the watch for thieves. 要提防小偷。 |
英汉解释
n. | 3. 【航】(每4小时轮换的)值班(时间);〈集合词〉值班人员,一班 |
v. | 7. 〈古〉守夜;通夜看护;【宗】守夜[作通宵祈祷] |
英英解释
例句
Right now I just want to hold your hand, take a walk outside and watch the sunset. Just want to be with you and pamper you.
现在我只想拉着你的走，压压马路，看看日出，可以陪伴你，也能让我宠爱你。
Proud parents had plotted a path. There was no chance sighting by an elderly scout who had gone to watch another kid play.
骄傲的双亲已铺出将来。那位老年底年壮士亲自去看一个孩童踢球的排场毫不是出于偶然。
In fact, my roommates and I planed to watch the interesting Bush, but there were few scenes of him.
其实本来是打算但布什耍宝的，结果没有给他什么镜头，倒是把比赛给看完了。
All this time, as if spell were on him, he was motionless and powerless, except to watch her.
在这整个一段时间以内，他始终象是着了魔，除了注意她以外，他浑身瘫软，动弹不得。
You won't be allowed to watch with our fans if that's what you think.
如果你那样认为的话，你将不被允许和我们的球迷一起观看比赛。
Then there was the installer of soy insulation who cooked soggy pasta and made me watch football and whimpered and kicked in his sleep.
还有一位是能做粘稠生面团、让我看足球、睡觉时呜咽、踢腿的大豆原料隔绝材料安装工。
In an unfamiliar setting, they watch for cultural cues and adjust their behaviour to mirror that of their hosts.
在不熟悉的环境中，他们会留意文化线索，然后调整自己的行为，以符合东道主的习惯。
Dick and Jeana had been so busy trying to fly around bad weather and mountains that they had forgotten to watch the oil level.
Dick和Jeana已经在和坏天气和群山的搏斗中手忙脚乱，以至于他们居然忘记了去看油料平衡表。
The only way to be able to tell how interested she is in you is to make a move (number close, date request, kiss, etc. ) Watch her reaction.
唯一能判断她是否对你有兴趣的方法是采取行动（要电话，邀约，亲吻，等等）看她的反应。
He said China will watch developments while continuing to diversify and strengthen risk management of its foreign-exchange reserves.
周小川说，中国将关注事态发展，同时继续坚持外储管理多元化投资原则，加强风险管理。
One of her last real pleasures was to watch the clips of that day.
她最后的一个真正的快乐是观看婚礼那天拍下的录像。
How much is the watch (worth)?
这块表值多少钱？
One day, Mencius came back before school let out. His mother called him to the loom and let him watch her weaving.
孟子逐渐成长，一次未到放学时间就回家了，孟母把他叫到织布机旁，让他看自己织布。
I see, that's a long time. How much was the watch?
我知道了。很长时间了。这个手表多少钱？
Ken it's an important match. If you let me watch the football you can watch whatever you want for a week.
这场比赛非常重要的。如果你这次让我看了我就让你一周随便看你喜欢的节目。
The night remained clear, and Huck closed his watch and retired to bed in an empty sugar hogshead about twelve.
那天夜里天色始终是明亮的，哈克就在十二点钟左右结束了他的守望，到了一个空糖桶里睡觉去了。
To watch over me and guide me, to look down on me with pride.
看护我，引导我，自豪地俯视我。
How much movies and television influence us depends on how much we watch, what we watch and how we respond to what we watch.
电影或电视对我们究竟产生多大的影响最终取决于我们看了多少、看的是什么，以及我们做出什么样的反应。
A gentleman stepped out of the "marble bar" opposite, stood for a moment on the kerb, glanced at his watch and then across at the theatre.
一位绅士从对面的“大理石酒吧间”走了出来，他在人行道上站立片刻，看了看表，又看着对面的剧院。
Some computers are even small enough to be embedded in clothing or worn as a watch or other accessory.
一些计算机甚至小到可以嵌入到像手表或其他饰物中。
The watch is an excellent timekeeper.
这个表计时相当精确。
Parents should control what their kids watch on television.
父母应该限定孩子看什么样的电视节目。
The thief had planned to plant the stolen watch on a fellow lodger.
小偷打算把偷来的手表栽赃给同住的房客手上。
I can identify that watch is mine by the scratches on the back.
我根据手表背面的划痕认出那是我的手表。
As a major he had to watch his manners.
现在当了少校，他就得处处注意军容。
He went away with her watch.
他把她的表骗走了。
He trotted out the horse for the buyer to watch.
他让那匹马跑给买主看看。
The sentries alternated their watch.
哨兵轮流站岗。
I really mourn the loss of that gold watch.
我真为失掉那块金表惋惜。
My watch still hangs together dropping from the second floor.
我的手表从三楼掉到了楼下，却依然完整无缺。
He never "watch" his language with her, which at first she took as evidence of his contempt.
和她在一起他从来不“注意”他的语言，起先，她把这看成是他瞧不起她的一种迹象。
"Grandfather! " he thought without sequence, and took out his watch.
“爷爷啊！”他胡乱想着，把表掏了出来。
He manifested the greatest eagerness to be upon deck to watch for sledge which had before appear.
他显得迫不及待地想上甲板去，守候在那架曾露过面的雪橇。
In those days we did not need spies to watch the enemy's movement.
在那些日子里，我们不需要情报员注意敌人动向。
As he stepped up to the cab, he pulled a gold watch from his pocket.
他在登上马车时，从口袋里掏出一块金表。
I lifted myself on my elbow and looked at my dollar watch, which lay on the chair at the bedside.
我拉着胳膊起身看了看放在床边椅子上的廉价手表。
As I could pitch upon no probable means for it, I resolved to put myself upon the watch.
由于一时想不出妥当办法，我决计先去守望。
She could watch herself drifting over the roof of the school, up and up, over the snowy Alps into a sea of fluffy white clouds.
她看到自己在学校的屋顶上飘浮，升呀，升呀，飘过盖满白雪的阿尔卑斯山，飘进了白绒绒的云海。
Leaning back in his chair, he could watch Caroline without her perceiving where his gaze was fixed.
他身子往椅背一靠，以便望着卡罗琳，而不让她看到自己的目光是落在她身上。
Then he looked at his watch, and jumped to his feet.
然后，他看了看表，站起身来。
"But to do that, " Nancy pointed out, "You'd have to keep a watch on him all the time. "
“但要做到这一点，”南希指出，“你们就得整天监视着他。”
In the very moment that she jostled the lady, I had hold of the watch, and she never felt it.
正当她撞着这位太太的时候，我就抓住这个表，而她自己却一点也不知道。
In the first watch after the twilight, a faint puff of breeze came up out of the south.
幕色降临后，头更天，南方飘来一丝微风。
With DVD, you can watch the latest movies in the comfort of your own home.
有了DVD，你就可以在自己家里舒舒服服地观看最新的电影。
Please watch over the little birds for me.
请帮我照看一下小鸟。
There are plenty of crystals and rocks of natural formation that are as intricate as a watch.
有许多自然形成的水晶和岩石，它们象表一样复杂。
We're counting on you to watch things in New York.
我们就指望你照管纽约方面的事情了。
They sometimes meet up to chill out and watch a movie.
他们有时聚在一起，看场电影放松一下。
Elizabeth liked to watch him move, his body was very thin, and beautiful, and nervous-high strung, thought Elizabeth, wisely.
伊丽莎白喜欢看着他走来走去，他身材细长，相貌动人，紧张不安--神经敏感，伊丽莎白明智地这样认为。
I came in to sit with them, after I had done my work, and I felt so soothed and comforted to watch them.
等我作完了我的事，进去和他们一块坐着，我望着他们，觉得定心和安慰。
I found a few 2 minute you tube video's which you might like to watch to understand this posture even more.
我发现，要是试用一些只有两分钟的视频的话，你可能会喜欢通过看来更好地领会动作姿势。
At last Alan smiled. 'Aye, ' he said. 'Now we have a chance. Ye can sleep for a while. I'll watch for soldiers. '
最后艾伦微笑了。“好了。”他说道，“我们现在有个机会。你可以睡一会儿。我来留神当兵的。”
He then pointed to a great new building there, a pale reddish stone, with turrets and watch towers thrusting up to the sky.
然后，他指向那里一栋宏伟的新建筑，上面镶着一颗淡红色的宝石，其塔楼和瞭望塔直插苍穹。
Ariel was on her to be, on top to watch computer, even regarded master's head as her dressing table, to comb herself seriously.
爱瑞儿恃宠而骄，站在头顶上看电脑、甚至把先生的头当成了梳妆台，竟然在上面认真梳理起来。
"Thanks to the Great Leader, " one young man replied, "we are allowed to watch English and American films, like The Sound of Music. "
“感谢伟大领袖”，一个年轻人回答说，“我们可以看英语和美国的电影，譬如像《音乐之声》”。
I love to run just to see the data, but I would be running anyways without this watch.
我是喜欢跑步如同看数据，但是我没有这个手边我已然可以在任何地方跑步啊。
We planned to put up in a hotel there in order to watch the sun rise the next morning.
为了第二天早晨看日出，我们计划住在那儿的旅馆里。
'We want to be able to fly from New York to Los Angeles and be able to watch a whole movie without a battery recharge, ' he said.
“我们希望做到从纽约飞洛杉矶的整个航程不需给电池充电就能欣赏一部完整的大片，”索德说。
If I had only wasted a couple of minutes and gone over to watch Marla die, then none of this would have happened.
要我是浪费一点点时间，守护着马拉去死，所有的一切绝不会发生。
Suddenly a young man came into the shop, took the watch out of the owners' hands and ran out with it.
突然，一个年轻人走进了商店，把手表从业主手里跑出来了。
As I continued to watch the ball of fire, I understood why it burned me spiritually but not physically. This fire does not.
当我继续观看火球，我开始了解为什麽它燃烧我的灵却没有烧及我身体。这火并没有烧毁物质，因为它的来。
"He brought me a giant wooden giraffe from Africa, " she said, adding that Clinton had also bought the Chanel watch she was wearing.
希拉里说：“他从非洲给我带了一只巨大的木制长颈鹿。”她戴的香奈尔手表也是克林顿送的。
The Extender is always on and running, ready for you to turn on your TV, watch a show, or view some pictures.
扩展器始终处于打开和运行状态，以备您随时打开电视、观看节目或查看一些图片。
and I shall have to watch and see whether I cannot have a laugh at your expense, when you might speak in peace.
但是我不得不监视你看看在你或许平和地演讲时，我没有嘲笑你。
The feeble old man said it would be a luxury to be able to walk to the riverside and watch his grandchild swimming.
这位虚弱的老人说，他到海边去看孙子游泳也几乎不能了。
Now and then he took a gold pencil-case from his watch - chain and made an entry in the margin.
他不时从他的表链上取下一个金铅笔盒，在书边上做个记号。
He took the watch he found to the police station but nobody has put in a claim for it yet.
他把捡到的手表送到警察局，但是还没有人去认领。
'My children can't even watch 'Babe, '' she laughed, referring to the children's fable about a talking pig who loses his mother.
她笑着说，我的孩子连《小猪宝贝》（Babe）都还不能看。这部电影讲述的是一只失去母亲、会说话的猪的寓言故事。
It was easy to imagine a similar event a year from now in Beijing and how exciting it would be to watch two teams battling for gold medals.
不难设想，一年后的北京也会上演相似的一幕，能观看两队的金牌之争该是多么兴奋。
Write how much things have changed since you began to watch or follow the Olympic Games.
写一些自你开始关注或追随奥运时事情的改变情况。
You owe me four pounds, but I have your watch, so we'll cry quits.
你欠我4镑，我得了你的表，那么我们就两相抵消吧。
had about 460 pounds left, a great many very rich clothes, a gold watch, and some jewels.
我现在还剩下四百六十镑，一些十分华贵的衣服，一只金表，几颗钻石。
John glanced at his watch again.
约翰再度看看手表。
She broke her watch by winding it too tightly.
因发条上得太紧而把表损坏了。
My watch gains five minutes a day.
我的表每天快五分钟。
Watch my motion carefully.
仔细瞧我的动作！
The watch was only plated with gold.
这块表只是镀金的。
I settled back to watch TV.
我舒适地仰坐着看电视。
My watch is five seconds slow.
我的表慢了5钞钟。
This old watch won't fetch you much.
你这只旧表卖不出多少钱。
