用作动词(v.)

I seldom play chess, but I pke to watch.我很少下棋，但是喜欢看。

Watch what I do and how I do it.注意看我的动作和方法。

I was assigned to watch the road.我被派去护路。

We sat there watching basketball.我们坐在那看篮球比赛。

用作名词(n.)

How much is that watch?那块手表多少钱?

The popce put a watch on the suspect's house.警方派人监视那个可疑人的住宅。

The guards are still on watch at midnight.看守在深夜仍在站岗。

I was on duty during the morning watch.我值早班。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

Are you going to play or only watch?
你打算参加比赛还是只去看看?

Some were playing cards, and others were watching.
一些人在打牌,另一些人在观看。

She sat there watching, but said nothing.
她坐在那里看着,但没说什么。

If you watch carefully, you'll see how the trick is done.
你如果仔细观看,就能看出这一把戏是怎么做的。

Many companies have watched helplessly as their stock prices fell.
股价下跌时,许多公司无能为力地看着。

The nurse watched to see what would happen.
护士注意着会发生什么情况。

She watched beside her sick mother's bed for several nights.
她在她母亲的病榻旁守护了好几夜。

Watch!That tree is going to fall on you!
当心!那棵树快要倒下来压在你的身上了!

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

They seldom watch television during the day.
他们白天很少看电视。

I love to watch table-tennis matches.
我喜欢看乒乓球比赛。

We watched a football game yesterday.
我们昨天看了一场足球赛。

They bought tickets to watch the games.
他们买了观看比赛的入场券。

I came to watch the fun.
我来看热闹。

They watched the games while sitting under the trees.
他们坐在树下看别人做游戏。

They watched the country out of the window.
他们从窗口看外边的田野。

She watched his face anxiously.
她焦急地注视着他的脸。

Watch your money or it will be gone before payday.
花钱当心点,不然在发薪以前你就用光了。

You have to watch your words when you talk to the general.
你跟将军谈话言辞要谨慎。

I watch the boys at play.
我照看孩子们玩耍。

I'll watch the patient while you are away.
你不在的时候,我来看护这病人。

The shepherds watched their flocks.
牧羊人看守着自己的羊群。

Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape.
看着那个犯人,一定别让他逃跑了。

Watch your chance and then run.
等到时机来了就跑。

Watch your opportunity, and you will succeed.
等待机会吧,你会成功的。

You had better watch your time and then act.
你最好等到时机来了再行动。

It's a good plan, but you should watch your time if you want to make sure it's adopted .
这是个好计划,不过要保证它能被采纳,你得等待时机。

She watched him in silence.
她默默地望着他。

Watch the magician and try to figure out how he makes the rabbit disappear.
注意看魔术师,设法弄清楚他是怎样使兔子隐去的。

She watched the train till it disappeared from sight.
她注视着火车,直到看不见为止。

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She had a feepng that she was being watched.
她有一种被别人监视的感觉。

The parade was watched by thousands of people.
有成千上万的人观看了游行。

The situation is being closely watched.
正密切关注着那里的局势。

The house is watched by guards.
这栋房子由警卫守着。

S+～+that-clause

Watch that he doesn't cheat you.
注意别让他骗了你。

Watch that the baby doesn't fall.
看好这婴孩,别让他摔着了。

Watch that the milk doesn't boil over.
当心,不要让牛奶沸溢出来。

S+～+wh-clause

We'll watch what's good and what's bad about him.
我们将观察他有什么优缺点。

Watch what I do and how I do it.
看我的动作,看我是怎样做的。

Watch where you are going!
留意你在往哪儿走!

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to/ -v

We were standing watching them skipping.
我们站在那里看他们跳绳。

He had watched me grow from childhood.
他是看着我长大的。

He was watching the crowd go by.
他注视着人群走过。

I watched him enter that shop.
我看着他走进了那家商店。

They watched the sun set behind the trees.
他们观看太阳在树林后面落下。

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing

They watched a procession fipng past.
他们一直看着游行队伍走过。

He stopped to watch us working.
他停下来看我们干活。

We watched the girls going through some of the movements they had just learned.
我们观看了女孩子们练刚学的一些舞步。

I used to sit and watch the boats moving down the river.
我过去常坐着看河里的船只航行。

They watched Brooks being beaten.
他们看着布鲁克斯被打败。

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ed

Helpless, we watched a whole season's labour and half a year's food destroyed.
我们眼睁睁地看着整整一季度的劳动和半年的粮食给毁掉了。

I watched a whole basket of apples thrown into the river.
我看着一大筐苹果被倒进了河里。

用作名词(n.)

My watch is fast.
我的手表快了。

They make watches.
他们制造手表。

He forgave her steapng his watch.
她偷了他的表,他原谅了她。

He got back the watch he lost.
他丢的表找回来了。

Keep a close watch on everything that happened on the island.
密切注视岛上发生的一切事情。

The man's cry aroused the town watch.
那人的喊叫声惊醒了镇上的值夜人。

In spite of the watch set on the house, the thief escaped.
尽管这幢房子设置了看守人员,小偷还是逃跑了。

A watch usually lasts four hours.
一班通常持续4个小时。

You'll take the first watch tonight.
你今晚值第一班。

Call out the watch!
把巡夜警察叫来!

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

watch sb's chance等待〔窥伺〕时机

watch sb's diet注意饮食

watch sb's dust看(某人)迅速地做事

watch sb's language注意某人的语言

watch sb's moment等待〔窥伺〕时机

watch sb's step留心脚下,小心从事

watch sb's time等待〔窥伺〕时机

watch sb's weight注意体重

watch television看电视

watch the development of affairs注意事态的发展

watch the dog小心狗

watch the events注意事件

watch the market注意市场

watch the performance观看演出

watch the progress注意进展

watch the situation关注形势

watch the stock market注意股票市场的行情

～+副词

watch absently心不在焉地观看

watch anxiously焦急地注视

watch apprehensively焦虑地观看

watch attentively专心地观察

watch breathlessly屏住气息地观看

watch carefully仔细看

watch closely密切关注

watch eagerly焦急地注视

watch faithfully忠实地守卫

watch greedily贪婪地注视着

watch helplessly无助地望着

watch jealously警惕地看着

watch keenly密切注视

watch lazily懒洋洋地观看

watch minutely仔细地观察

watch narrowly仔细地观察

watch sharply敏锐地观察

watch slyly偷看

watch out当心,提防,密切注意

～+副词+介词

watch out for danger注意危险

watch out for pickpockets谨防扒手

watch out for the train小心火车

watch out for unexpected changes注意意外变化

～+介词

watch at sb's bedside守在某人床边

watch for守候,注意

watch for a chance等候机会

watch for a friend等待朋友

watch for fire小心火烛

watch for symptoms of a disease注意疾病的症状

watch for the dawn等待天明

watch for the postman等候邮递员来

watch in silence默默的注视某人

watch over照管,看守,保护

watch over sb's property照看某人的财产

watch with much interest以很大的兴趣观看

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

adjust a watch校准表

assemble a watch装配手表

call watch召集值班人

call out the watch召喊值班人

carry a watch戴表

check a watch检查手表

consult sb's watch看表,看时间

draw sb's watch掏出怀表

embelpsh sb's watch修饰表

engrave sb's watch刻表

fix a watch修表

fondle a watch抚弄表

handle sb's watch to向某人交班

hock a watch以表作抵押

illuminate a watch修饰表

keep watch担任警戒

keep watch and ward精心照料

keep watch by sb's bed在床边护理某人

keep watch during the night值夜班

keep watch for the thief防备盗贼

look at a watch看表

lose a watch丢失表

lubricate a watch给表上油

mend a watch修表

observe sb's watch看表,看时间

overwind a watch给表上发条

produce watch提出轮班时间

pull out a watch摘下表,拿出表

repeve the watch换班

repair a watch修表

set a watch调表的时间

wear a watch戴表

wind up a watch给表上发条

形容词+～

adventuring watch冒险监视

advised watch考虑过的轮班时间

airy watch空中观察

brotherly watch兄弟般的照管

celestial watch天体的观察

close watch密切注视

faithful watch忠实的警戒

fierce watch勇猛的守夜人

furtive watch窥视

happy watch高兴的观看

incessant watch不断的监视

nice watch好表,漂亮的表

patient watch耐心的监视

small watch小表

soptary watch单独监视

strict watch严格的监视

sympathetic watch同情的监视

thrilpng watch令人激动的观看

tireless watch不停的监视

unceasing watch不停的监视

unnatural watch不自然的监视

vigilant watch警惕的监视

waterproof watch防水表

名词+～

clock watch报时表,自鸣钟

gold watch金表

pocket watch怀表

stop watch跑表

介词+～

the hour hand of a watch表的时针

the minute hand of a watch表的分针

the second hand of a watch表的秒针

the constables of the watch守夜的警官

on watch从事监视

v.(动词)

watch的基本意思是“观看”“注视”,指用眼睛跟踪某物以观察到每一个动作、变化、危险迹象、机会等。引申可表示“照管”“守护,保卫”等,指明确需要警觉,做好防止危险发生的准备,强调连续性和职务性。

watch既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词、that从句或由疑问词引导的从句作宾语,还可接以不带to的动词不定式、现在分词或过去分词充当补足语的复合宾语。用作不及物动词时,常与out, over等连用。

watch接复合宾语时一般不可变为被动结构。

n.(名词)

watch用作名词时意思是“看守”,表示抽象的动作,也可指“看守者”“水手值班的一班”,旧时还可指“巡夜警察”。

watch也可用作“表,手表”解。

watch常与介词on, for, over连用。

watch常与动词keep连用,其后接for, on, over时watch前可加也可不加不定冠词a,其后不接介词时,即keep watch作“站岗”“守业”解时, watch前不可加不定冠词。

v.(动词)我看见他吃了早饭。

误 I watched him to eat his breakfast.

正 I watched him eat his breakfast.

析 表示“看见某人做了某事”时须接不带to的动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。

我看见他正在吃早饭。

误 I watched him eat his breakfast.

正 I watched him eating his breakfast.

析 表示“看见某人正在做某事”时须接以现在分词充当补足语的复合宾语。

有人看见那男孩看了整整一下午的小说。

误 The boy was watched reading the novel all afternoon.

正 The boy was found reading the novel all afternoon.

析 表示“看见”“注视”时, watch一般不用于被动结构。

昨晚你看电视了吗?

误 Did you see the TV last night?

正 Did you watch the TV last night?

正 Did you look at the TV last night?

去年夏天我们看了一场特别精彩的《哈姆雷特》。

误 We watched an extraordinary production of Hamlet last summer.

正 We saw an extraordinary production of Hamlet last summer.

析 “看电视”多说watch TV,偶尔也可以说look at TV,但“看戏,看电影”通常用see。

n.(名词)你的手表几点钟了?

误 What time is your watch?

正 What time is it by your watch?

析 问手表上所指示的时间,主语一般用it, watch不能作主语。

我的手表一天慢一分钟。

误 My watch goes a minute behind a day.

正 My watch loses a minute a day.

正 My watch is slow by a minute a day.

正 My watch is a minute slow a day.

析 表示“手表、时钟快〔慢〕多长时间”一般不说go...behind〔before〕,可说gain〔lose〕...,还可用系表结构be fast〔slow〕 by...或be...fast〔slow〕。

我是他最好的朋友,我会一直照看他。

误 I am his best friend, and I will always watch for him.

正 I am his best friend, and I will always watch over him.

正 I am his best friend, and I will always keep (a) watch over him.

析 表示“负责”“照看”“看守”的意思,可说watch over或keep (a) watch over,前者watch作动词,后者watch作名词。watch for的意思是“留心寻找”。

过马路时要小心车辆。

误 Be on watch for automobiles when you cross the street.

正 Be on the watch for automobiles when you cross the street.

析 be on the watch for sth ...是“小心…”的意思,定冠词the不可以省略。on watch表示“站岗”的意思。

用作动词(v.)

I seldom play chess, but I pke to watch.我很少下棋，但是喜欢看。

Watch what I do and how I do it.注意看我的动作和方法。

I was assigned to watch the road.我被派去护路。

We sat there watching basketball.我们坐在那看篮球比赛。

用作名词(n.)

How much is that watch?那块手表多少钱?

The popce put a watch on the suspect's house.警方派人监视那个可疑人的住宅。

The guards are still on watch at midnight.看守在深夜仍在站岗。

I was on duty during the morning watch.我值早班。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

Are you going to play or only watch?
你打算参加比赛还是只去看看?

Some were playing cards, and others were watching.
一些人在打牌,另一些人在观看。

She sat there watching, but said nothing.
她坐在那里看着,但没说什么。

If you watch carefully, you'll see how the trick is done.
你如果仔细观看,就能看出这一把戏是怎么做的。

Many companies have watched helplessly as their stock prices fell.
股价下跌时,许多公司无能为力地看着。

The nurse watched to see what would happen.
护士注意着会发生什么情况。

She watched beside her sick mother's bed for several nights.
她在她母亲的病榻旁守护了好几夜。

Watch!That tree is going to fall on you!
当心!那棵树快要倒下来压在你的身上了!

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

They seldom watch television during the day.
他们白天很少看电视。

I love to watch table-tennis matches.
我喜欢看乒乓球比赛。

We watched a football game yesterday.
我们昨天看了一场足球赛。

They bought tickets to watch the games.
他们买了观看比赛的入场券。

I came to watch the fun.
我来看热闹。

They watched the games while sitting under the trees.
他们坐在树下看别人做游戏。

They watched the country out of the window.
他们从窗口看外边的田野。

She watched his face anxiously.
她焦急地注视着他的脸。

Watch your money or it will be gone before payday.
花钱当心点,不然在发薪以前你就用光了。

You have to watch your words when you talk to the general.
你跟将军谈话言辞要谨慎。

I watch the boys at play.
我照看孩子们玩耍。

I'll watch the patient while you are away.
你不在的时候,我来看护这病人。

The shepherds watched their flocks.
牧羊人看守着自己的羊群。

Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape.
看着那个犯人,一定别让他逃跑了。

Watch your chance and then run.
等到时机来了就跑。

Watch your opportunity, and you will succeed.
等待机会吧,你会成功的。

You had better watch your time and then act.
你最好等到时机来了再行动。

It's a good plan, but you should watch your time if you want to make sure it's adopted .
这是个好计划,不过要保证它能被采纳,你得等待时机。

She watched him in silence.
她默默地望着他。

Watch the magician and try to figure out how he makes the rabbit disappear.
注意看魔术师,设法弄清楚他是怎样使兔子隐去的。

She watched the train till it disappeared from sight.
她注视着火车,直到看不见为止。

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She had a feepng that she was being watched.
她有一种被别人监视的感觉。

The parade was watched by thousands of people.
有成千上万的人观看了游行。

The situation is being closely watched.
正密切关注着那里的局势。

The house is watched by guards.
这栋房子由警卫守着。

S+～+that-clause

Watch that he doesn't cheat you.
注意别让他骗了你。

Watch that the baby doesn't fall.
看好这婴孩,别让他摔着了。

Watch that the milk doesn't boil over.
当心,不要让牛奶沸溢出来。

S+～+wh-clause

We'll watch what's good and what's bad about him.
我们将观察他有什么优缺点。

Watch what I do and how I do it.
看我的动作,看我是怎样做的。

Watch where you are going!
留意你在往哪儿走!

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to/ -v

We were standing watching them skipping.
我们站在那里看他们跳绳。

He had watched me grow from childhood.
他是看着我长大的。

He was watching the crowd go by.
他注视着人群走过。

I watched him enter that shop.
我看着他走进了那家商店。

They watched the sun set behind the trees.
他们观看太阳在树林后面落下。

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing

They watched a procession fipng past.
他们一直看着游行队伍走过。

He stopped to watch us working.
他停下来看我们干活。

We watched the girls going through some of the movements they had just learned.
我们观看了女孩子们练刚学的一些舞步。

I used to sit and watch the boats moving down the river.
我过去常坐着看河里的船只航行。

They watched Brooks being beaten.
他们看着布鲁克斯被打败。

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ed

Helpless, we watched a whole season's labour and half a year's food destroyed.
我们眼睁睁地看着整整一季度的劳动和半年的粮食给毁掉了。

I watched a whole basket of apples thrown into the river.
我看着一大筐苹果被倒进了河里。

用作名词(n.)

My watch is fast.
我的手表快了。

They make watches.
他们制造手表。

He forgave her steapng his watch.
她偷了他的表,他原谅了她。

He got back the watch he lost.
他丢的表找回来了。

Keep a close watch on everything that happened on the island.
密切注视岛上发生的一切事情。

The man's cry aroused the town watch.
那人的喊叫声惊醒了镇上的值夜人。

In spite of the watch set on the house, the thief escaped.
尽管这幢房子设置了看守人员,小偷还是逃跑了。

A watch usually lasts four hours.
一班通常持续4个小时。

You'll take the first watch tonight.
你今晚值第一班。

Call out the watch!
把巡夜警察叫来!

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

watch sb's chance等待〔窥伺〕时机

watch sb's diet注意饮食

watch sb's dust看(某人)迅速地做事

watch sb's language注意某人的语言

watch sb's moment等待〔窥伺〕时机

watch sb's step留心脚下,小心从事

watch sb's time等待〔窥伺〕时机

watch sb's weight注意体重

watch television看电视

watch the development of affairs注意事态的发展

watch the dog小心狗

watch the events注意事件

watch the market注意市场

watch the performance观看演出

watch the progress注意进展

watch the situation关注形势

watch the stock market注意股票市场的行情

～+副词

watch absently心不在焉地观看

watch anxiously焦急地注视

watch apprehensively焦虑地观看

watch attentively专心地观察

watch breathlessly屏住气息地观看

watch carefully仔细看

watch closely密切关注

watch eagerly焦急地注视

watch faithfully忠实地守卫

watch greedily贪婪地注视着

watch helplessly无助地望着

watch jealously警惕地看着

watch keenly密切注视

watch lazily懒洋洋地观看

watch minutely仔细地观察

watch narrowly仔细地观察

watch sharply敏锐地观察

watch slyly偷看

watch out当心,提防,密切注意

～+副词+介词

watch out for danger注意危险

watch out for pickpockets谨防扒手

watch out for the train小心火车

watch out for unexpected changes注意意外变化

～+介词

watch at sb's bedside守在某人床边

watch for守候,注意

watch for a chance等候机会

watch for a friend等待朋友

watch for fire小心火烛

watch for symptoms of a disease注意疾病的症状

watch for the dawn等待天明

watch for the postman等候邮递员来

watch in silence默默的注视某人

watch over照管,看守,保护

watch over sb's property照看某人的财产

watch with much interest以很大的兴趣观看

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

adjust a watch校准表

assemble a watch装配手表

call watch召集值班人

call out the watch召喊值班人

carry a watch戴表

check a watch检查手表

consult sb's watch看表,看时间

draw sb's watch掏出怀表

embelpsh sb's watch修饰表

engrave sb's watch刻表

fix a watch修表

fondle a watch抚弄表

handle sb's watch to向某人交班

hock a watch以表作抵押

illuminate a watch修饰表

keep watch担任警戒

keep watch and ward精心照料

keep watch by sb's bed在床边护理某人

keep watch during the night值夜班

keep watch for the thief防备盗贼

look at a watch看表

lose a watch丢失表

lubricate a watch给表上油

mend a watch修表

observe sb's watch看表,看时间

overwind a watch给表上发条

produce watch提出轮班时间

pull out a watch摘下表,拿出表

repeve the watch换班

repair a watch修表

set a watch调表的时间

wear a watch戴表

wind up a watch给表上发条

形容词+～

adventuring watch冒险监视

advised watch考虑过的轮班时间

airy watch空中观察

brotherly watch兄弟般的照管

celestial watch天体的观察

close watch密切注视

faithful watch忠实的警戒

fierce watch勇猛的守夜人

furtive watch窥视

happy watch高兴的观看

incessant watch不断的监视

nice watch好表,漂亮的表

patient watch耐心的监视

small watch小表

soptary watch单独监视

strict watch严格的监视

sympathetic watch同情的监视

thrilpng watch令人激动的观看

tireless watch不停的监视

unceasing watch不停的监视

unnatural watch不自然的监视

vigilant watch警惕的监视

waterproof watch防水表

名词+～

clock watch报时表,自鸣钟

gold watch金表

pocket watch怀表

stop watch跑表

介词+～

the hour hand of a watch表的时针

the minute hand of a watch表的分针

the second hand of a watch表的秒针

the constables of the watch守夜的警官

on watch从事监视

【近义词】

v.
• attend
• guard
• look after
• look at
• note
• observe
• protect
• regard
• see
• tend
n.
• duty
• guard
• patrol
• sentinel
• shift
• sentry
• vigil
• watchman