sentinel
n 哨兵(sent感觉,警觉+in+el)
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sentinel
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◙ noun1. a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch• 哨兵 (figurative)something that appears to be standing guard or keeping watch• [喻] 警戒物;看守物 [Medicine] a thing that acts as an indicator of the presence of disease• [医] 哨点 »[as modifier] the first national HIV sentinel surveillance programme in the developing world. 发展中国家首次艾滋病毒哨点监测计划。◙ (sentinelled, sentinelling; 美 sentineled, sentineling )1. [with obj.] station a soldier or guard by (a place) to keep watch• 派兵守卫(某地) »a wide course had been roped off and sentinelled with police. 用绳子围了一块宽阔场地,并由警察看守着。 »trees sentinelled the trenches. 树木守卫着战壕。【IDIOMS】
◘ stand sentinel1. (of a soldier) keep watch• (士兵)站岗 »soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets. 士兵们持枪站岗。 »a tall round tower standing sentinel over the river. 一座高高耸立在河上方的圆塔。【语源】
1. late 16th cent.: from French sentinelle, from Italian sentinella, of unknown origin
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