• n. 哨兵；崗哨
• vi. 放哨
• vt. 設(shè)崗哨

可能縮寫自 sentinel,-ry,表地點或人，比較 bakery,cavalry.原義為眺望塔，后與 sentinel 詞義融 合。

sentry

sentry: [17] Sentry is probably short for the now obsolete centrinell ‘sentry’. This first appeared in the 16th century as a variant of sentinel [16], which came via French sentinelle from Italian sentinella. It is not altogether clear where the Italian noun came from, but it may well have been derived from the verb sentire ‘perceive, watch’, a descendant of Latin sentīre ‘feel’ (from which English gets sense, sentence, sentiment, etc).
=> sentinel

sentry (n.)

1610s, originally "watchtower;" perhaps a shortened variant of sentinel, which had a variant form centrinel (1590s); or perhaps worn down from sanctuary, on notion of "shelter for a watchman." Meaning "military guard posted around a camp" is first attested 1630s. Sentry-box is from 1728.

1. The sentry would not let her enter.

警衛(wèi)不讓她進去。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Aren't you supposed to be on sentry duty?

你不是應(yīng)該在站崗嗎？

來自柯林斯例句

3. to be on sentry duty

放哨

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. They often stood sentry on snowy nights.

他們常常在雪夜放哨.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The sentry is on guard.

那哨兵在擔(dān)任警戒.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》