a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch
哨兵。
〈喻〉 警戒物;看守物。
【医】 哨点
-
[as modifier]
the first national HIV sentinel surveillance programme in the developing world .发展中国家的第一个艾滋病毒哨点监测计划。
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
-
figurative 〈喻〉trees sentinelled the trenches .树木守卫着战壕。
-
stand sentinel (of a soldier) keep watch(士兵)站岗soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets 士兵们持枪站岗figurative 〈喻〉a tall round tower standing sentinel over the river . 一座高高耸立在河上方的圆塔
"late 16th cent.: from French