deathwatch 音标拼音: [d'ɛθw
, ɑtʃ]
n . 临终的看护,死囚的监守人
临终的看护,死囚的监守人
deathwatch n 1 :
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers [
synonym : {
booklouse }, {
book louse }, {
deathwatch },
{
Liposcelis divinatorius }]
2 :
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death [
synonym : {
deathwatch beetle }, {
deathwatch },
{
Xestobium rufovillosum }]
Deathwatch \
Death "
watch `\ (?;
224 ),
n .
1 . (
Zool .)
(
a )
A small beetle ({
Anobium tessellatum }
and other allied species ).
By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound ,
which is a call of the sexes to each other ,
but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death .
(
b )
A small wingless insect ,
of the family {
Psocid [
ae ]},
which makes a similar but fainter sound ; --
called also {
deathtick }.
[
1913 Webster ]
She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches . --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
I did not hear the dog howl ,
mother ,
or the deathwatch beat . --
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The guard set over a criminal before his execution .
[
1913 Webster ]
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "
deathwatch ":
agony ,
burial service ,
death agonies ,
death groan ,
death rattle ,
death struggle ,
death throes ,
deathbed ,
dirge ,
dying breath ,
eulogy ,
exequies ,
extreme unction ,
extremity ,
final extremity ,
funeral oration ,
funeral rites ,
last agony ,
last breath ,
last duty ,
last gasp ,
last honors ,
last offices ,
last rites ,
moribundity ,
obsequies ,
requiem ,
requiem mass ,
throes of death ,
viaticum ,
wake
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