watches

LOOKING AND PAYING ATTENTION 看；注意

1. VERB 看;注视;留神观察
   If you watch someone or something, you look at them, usually for a period of time, and pay attention to what is happening.
   1. The man was standing in his doorway watching him...
      那个男人站在门口盯着他看。
   2. He watched the barman prepare the beer he had ordered...
      他看着酒吧招待员备好他点的啤酒。
   3. Chris watched him sipping his brandy...
      克里斯注视着他品尝白兰地。
   4. I watched as Amy ate a few nuts.
      我看着埃米吃了几粒坚果。
2. VERB 看，观看(电视节目、比赛等)
   If you watch something on television or an event such as a sports match, you spend time looking at it, especially when you see it from the beginning to the end.
   1. I'd stayed up late to watch the film...
      我熬夜看了那场电影。
   2. They spent a great deal of time watching television.
      他们很多时间都看电视了。
3. VERB 对…保持关注;掌握…的情况
   If you watch a situation or event, you pay attention to it or you are aware of it, but you do not influence it.
   1. Human rights groups have been closely watching the case...
      人权组织一直在密切关注此案。
   2. Annoyed commuters could only watch as the departure time ticked by.
      随着发车时间一点点过去，恼怒的上班族只能干瞪眼。
4. VERB 照看，看护(尤指孩子或动物)
   If you watch people, especially children or animals, you are responsible for them, and make sure that they are not in danger.
   1. Parents can't be expected to watch their children 24 hours a day.
      父母不可能每天24小时照看孩子。

If you want to say that someone is paying attention to something they can see, you say that they are watching or looking at it. In general, you watch something that is moving or changing, and you look at something that is not moving. I asked him to look at the picture above his bed... He watched Blake run down the stairs. You use see to talk about things that you are aware of because a visual impression reaches your eyes. You often use can in this case. I can see the fax here on the desk.
可以用 watch 或 look at 来表示某人注意看某事物。一般来讲，watch表示注视移动或变化的事物，look at 表示注视静止的事物：I ask him to look at the picture above his head (我让他看他上方的画)，He watched Black run down the staris (他看着布莱克跑下楼)。see 表示由于眼睛接收到视觉图像而看到东西，表达此义时常用can: I can see the fax here on the desk (我能看见这边桌上的那份传真)。

5. VERB 监视
   If you watch someone, you follow them secretly or spy on them.
   1. Ella was scared that someone was watching her...
      有个人一直在监视埃拉，这让她很害怕。
   2. I always had the feeling we were being watched.
      我总感觉我们被监视了。
6. VERB 当心;留神
   If you tell someone to watch a particular person or thing, you are warning them to be careful that the person or thing does not get out of control or do something unpleasant.
   1. You really ought to watch these quiet types...
      你真的应该留神这些寡言少语的人。
   2. If you're watching the calories, don't have mayonnaise.
      如果你在意卡路里的摄入量，就不要吃蛋黄酱。
7. N-COUNT 警戒时间;值班时间
   A watch is a period of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that you can warn them of danger or an attack.
   1. I had the first watch that May evening.
      我第一次执行警戒任务是在那个五月的晚上。
8. PHRASE 警戒;守卫
   If someone keeps watch, they look and listen all the time, while other people are asleep or doing something else, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
   1. Jose, as usual, had climbed a tree to keep watch.
      乔斯像往常一样爬到树上放哨。
9. PHRASE 注意，关注(事态发展)
   If you keep watch on events or a situation, you pay attention to what is happening, so that you can take action at the right moment.
   1. US officials have been keeping close watch on the situation.
      美国官员一直密切注意着事态的发展。
10. PHRASE 当心;留神
    You say 'watch it' in order to warn someone to be careful, especially when you want to threaten them about what will happen if they are not careful.
    1. 'Now watch it, Patsy,' the Sergeant told her.
       “留点神，帕齐。”中士提醒她。
11. PHRASE （通常指军队夜间的）警戒，值夜
    If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack.
    1. Apart from two men on watch in the engine-room, everyone was asleep.
       除了两个人在机房值班外，其他人都在睡觉。
12. PHRASE 密切注意;提防
    If you are on the watch for something, you are expecting it to happen and you therefore pay attention to events so that you will notice it when it does happen.
    1. Environmentalists will be on the watch for damage to wildlife.
       环境保护主义者将会密切关注对野生动物造成的伤害。
13. 受到保卫;受到监视;被密切关注
    If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time.
14. PHRASE 等着瞧
    You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say.
    1. You watch. Things will get worse before they get better.
       看着吧，事情在好转之前会先恶化。
15. watch this space → see: space

INSTRUMENT THAT TELLS THE TIME 报时工具

1. 手表;怀表
   A watch is a small clock which you wear on a strap on your wrist, or on a chain.

1. She is a TV addict and watches as much as she can.
   她是个电视迷，看起电视来没完没了。
2. He also repairs clocks and watches
   他也修钟表。
3. She watches him plane the surface of a walnut board
   她看着他刨平一块胡桃木板。
4. He either watches TV or reads books in the evening.
   晚上他不是看电视，就是看书。
5. For years he has been smuggling watches through customs.
   多年来他一直夹带手表过海关。
6. This is the Cadillac of watches.
   这款手表堪称极品。
7. "where did you get all these watches? did you knock them over?"" yes, we knocked over a jeweller's shop last night."
   “你从哪儿弄来那些手表？是不是抢的？”“是的，昨晚我们抢劫了一家珠宝行。”
8. He likes to tinker with watches.
   他最爱鼓秋手表。
9. Most clocks and watches in this shop are in luminous paint.
   这家商店出售的大多数钟表都涂了发光漆。
10. Where did you get all those watches? did you knock them off?
    这些手表是从哪儿来的？抢的吗？
11. The dog watches over his master's house.
    这狗为主人看家。
12. Jewellery and watches are'pledged'most often.
    珠宝和手表是最常见的典当品。
13. How can you tell clocks and watches are shy?
    你怎么说钟和表害羞了？
14. I want the watches, the jewelry, the wallets* Everything.
    我要表，珠宝，和钱包，任何值钱的！
15. These are not my watches.
    这些不是我的手表。
16. Which of the watches have you settled on?
    你选定了哪一块表？
17. I watches a basketball match in my dream.
    我梦见了一场篮球赛。
18. He hides and watches, and then suddenly appears.
    他躲藏了起来，看了一会，然后突然出现了。
19. Judge: Now I see that apart from money, you stole watches, rings and necklaces.
    法官：我现在都清楚了，除了钱以外，你还偷了手表、戒指和项链。
20. Tiffany ad for diamonds and a photo of Gucci watches won approval.
    蒂芙尼（Tiffany）的钻石广告和古驰（Gucci）手表的照片赢得了首肯。
21. Dennis watches ball games, cartoons and many other shows.
    丹尼斯看球赛，卡通片和许多其他节目。
22. Most popular items were clothing, then shoes, watches, leather goods and jewellery.
    最受欢迎的产品是服装，其次是鞋、表类、皮制品和珠宝。
23. He bought two new watches yesterday.
    昨天他买了两块手表。
24. It often sleeps in the day, and watches TV with me in the evening.
    它常在白天睡觉，晚上和我一起看电视。
25. He can take people's watches and wallets.
    他能够偷走人们的手表和钱包。
26. He watches the catcher's signs carefully.
    他仔细的看了看捕手的暗号。
27. Looks like someone watches the news.
    看来有人看到新闻了。
28. Can I see bracelet type watches?
    我能看看手镯类的手表吗？