watch

1.[t][i]看；注视；观看；观察to look at sb/sth for a time, paying attention to what happens

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

3.[t](informal)小心；当心；留意to be careful about sth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1.看守,监视;注意;警戒

2.值夜,值班;守夜;看守人;哨兵

3.【航】(每4小时轮换的)值班(时间);〈集合词〉值班人员,一班

4.表;船钟

5.〈古〉更

1.注视;注意,留心观察

2.看守,监视

3.守候(机会等) (for)

4.警戒,守卫,监视

5.注视,看着;密切注意

6.守候,期待 (for)

7.〈古〉守夜;通夜看护;【宗】守夜[作通宵祈祷]

1.a small clock that you carry with you, usually on your wrist

2.an organization that continuously watches something to make sure that bad things do not happen; a period of time when someone is responsible for watching a situation, so that they can warn others if there is any danger; a group of people whose job is to guard something

1.to look at someone or something for a period of time; to look at something such as a television show or sports event, usually from the beginning to the end; to secretly look at someone or something for a period of time, especially because you want to get information or to do something illegal; used for telling someone to look at you while you do something

2.to be careful of something

3.to take care of a child, an animal, or someone’s property for a short time and make sure that nothing harms it