sentry
noun /ˈsentri/
/ˈsentri/
(plural sentries)
- a soldier whose job is to guard something
哨兵 - to be on sentry duty
放哨 - People approaching the gate were challenged by the sentry.
接近门口的人受到哨兵的盘查。 - Everyone took their turn at sentry duty.
每个人轮流站岗。
Collocations DictionarySentry is used before these nouns:- duty
词源early 17th cent.: perhaps from obsolete centrinel, variant of sentinel. - to be on sentry duty