ward

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /wɔːd/    美 /wɔɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Protection, defence.; The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.) countable,uncountable
    — Before the dore ſat ſelfe-conſuming Care, Day and night keeping wary watch and ward, For feare leaſt Force or Fraud ſhould vnaware Breake in[…]
  2. A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman. archaic,obsolete
    — th'aſſieged Caſtles ward Their ſtedfaſt ſtonds did mightily maintaine
  3. Protection, defence.; Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner. countable,uncountable
    — So forth the presoners were brought before Arthure, and he commaunded hem into kepyng of the conestabyls warde, surely to be kepte as noble presoners.
  4. Protection, defence.; An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic. countable,uncountable
  5. Protection, defence.; A guarding or defensive motion or position. countable,uncountable
    — Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point.
  6. Protection, defence.; Land tenure through military service. countable,historical,uncountable
  7. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.; An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls. countable,uncountable
    — Diocletian[…]must certainly have derived some consolation from the grandeur of Aspalaton, the great arcaded wall it turned to the Adriatic, its four separate wards, each town size, and its seventeen watch-towers[…].
  8. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.; A section or subdivision of a prison. countable,uncountable
  9. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.; An administrative division of a borough, city or council. countable,uncountable
    — On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor’s palace.
  10. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.; A division of a forest. UK,countable,uncountable
  11. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.; A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch. Mormonism,countable,uncountable
  12. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.; A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside. countable,uncountable
    — Since sick people were apt to be present, he could not always depend on a lively young crowd in the same ward with him, and the entertainment was not always good.
  13. A person under guardianship.; A minor looked after by a guardian. countable,uncountable
    — After the trial, little Robert was declared a ward of the state.
  14. A person under guardianship.; An underage orphan. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  15. An object used for guarding. countable,uncountable
  16. An object used for guarding.; The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key. countable,uncountable
    — A man muſt thorowly ſound himſelfe, and dive into his heart, and there ſee by what wards or ſprings the motions ſtirre.
动词 v.
  1. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. transitive
    — Whoſe gates he found faſt ſhut, ne liuing wight To ward the ſame, nor anſwere commers call
  2. To defend, to protect. transitive
    — Tell him it was a hand that warded him From a thousand dangers.
  3. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off) transitive
    — Draw forth thy ſword, thou mightie man at armes, Intending but to raiſe my charmed ſkin: And Ioue himſelfe will ſtretch his hand from heauen, To ward the blow, and ſhield me ſafe from harme, […]
  4. To be vigilant; to keep guard. intransitive
    — They for vs fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their bright Squadrons round about vs plant […]
  5. To act on the defensive with a weapon. intransitive

词形变化

wards plural wards plural warde alternative,obsolete wards present,singular,third-person warding participle,present warded participle,past warded past

词汇关系

衍生词
bridge-ward casual ward crown ward Glen Ward hoard-ward Lower Ninth Ward march-ward maternity ward Nightingale ward psych ward special ward ward heeler wardmote ward moot wardmoot ward round ward teaching watch and ward beward
相关词
Ward in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

词源

词源 1
From Middle English warde, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart.
词源 2
From Middle English ward, warde, from Old English weard (“watching, ward, protection, guardianship; advance post; waiting for, lurking, ambuscade”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardu, from Proto-Germanic *wardō (“protection, attention, keeping”), an extension of the stem *wara- (“attentive”) (English wary, beware), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”).
Cognate with German Warte (“watchtower”), warten (“wait for”); English guard is a parallel form which came via Old French.
词源 3
From Middle English warden, from Old English weardian (“to watch, guard, keep, protect, preserve; hold, possess, occupy, inhabit; rule, govern”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardōną, *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Doublet of guard.
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