vigil

['vidʒil]

n.守夜, 值夜, 监视
(复)vigils：(在宗教节日前的)祈祷

例句与用法：

The detectives resumed their vigil at the house.

侦探们又开始在那栋房子警戒了。

One who keeps vigil, as at a sick person's bedside.

护理者如在病人身旁等看护的人

She kept an all-night vigil by the patient's bedside.

她整夜守在病人旁边。

详细释义：

n.

1. 守夜; 警戒; 监视[C][U]

All night the mother kept vigil over the sick child.

母亲通夜守护在病儿的身边。

2. 宗教节日前夕的祈祷(式)[P]