vigil

英['vidʒil]美['vidʒil]

n.
1.（尤指在夜间的）监视，警戒；值夜
2.【宗】（祈祷）守夜；宗教节日的前夕；（常作vigils）宗教节日前夕的祈祷（式）
3.不眠，失眠
4.孤独的生活

同：	[n.] watch

The detectives resumed their vigil at the house.
侦探们又开始在那楝房子警戒了。收藏
a jittery vigil in the dark.
在黑暗中紧张不安的失眠收藏
A vigil kept beside a dying or dead person.
临终的看护，守灵在将死或已死的人身边彻夜不眠的守护收藏
A period of wakefulness,especially one observed as a religious vigil.
守夜尤指一个作宗教守夜醒着的时间收藏
…the great Hendrick Hudson kept a kind of vigil there every twenty years being permitted in this way to visit the scenes of the enterprise…
…伟大的亨德利克·哈得逊，每隔二十年总要到这一带来巡视一次，这样他就可以经常来访问他建功立业的地方…收藏

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a period of sleeplessness
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
[同] vigil, watch

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