vigil

英 ['vɪdʒɪl] 美 ['vɪdʒɪl]

• n. 守夜；值夜；监视
• (复)vigils：(在宗教节日前的)祈祷.

英英释义

Noun:

1. a period of sleeplessness

2. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. After Forestier's death, he and Mrs. Forestier kept a vigil over the corpse.
   弗赖斯节死后，杜洛瓦同弗赖斯节夫人一起守灵。
2. She kept an all-night vigil by the patient's bedside.
   她整夜守在病人旁边。
3. The detectives resumed their vigil at the house.
   侦探们又开始在那栋房子警戒了。

经典引文

• Visits to ev'ry Church we daily paid..The Stations duly, and the Vigils kept.

  出自： Pope

词汇搭配

• keep vigil 守夜

近反义词

【近义词】

• eve （重大节日的）前夜...
• watch 注视
• night watch 值夜者(时间)...
• wake 醒来