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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

guard [gɒːd]
  1. 1. noun [c] (sentry) 警卫
  2. 2. noun [u] (squad) 保卫队
  3. 3. noun [c] [BRIT] [Railway] 列车员
  4. 4. noun [c] (protective cover) 防护装置
  5. 5. vt. [+building] [ entrance] [ door] 守卫
  6. 6. vt. [+person] 保护
  7. 7. vt. [+prisoner] 看守
    to be on one's guard (against)
    提防
    to lower {or} drop one's guard
    放松警惕
    to catch sb off (their) guard
    某人不备
    to be on guard
    值班
    to stand guard
    站岗
    I will guard it with my life
    我将尽最大努力保护

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

guard [gɑːrd]
  1. 1. n.[c] 保卫守卫警卫
  2. 2. n.[c] 防守队员
    The left guard was injured on the play.
    左护卫在比赛受伤了。
  3. 3. n.[c] 保护装置安全装置
  4. 4. n.[c] 防御姿势防守
    Keep your guard up.
    继续站岗
  5. 5. n.[c] 后卫
  6. 6. n.[u] 哨所看守
  7. 7. n.[c] 防护措施
    We let our guard down.
    我们撤除我们的安保措施
  8. 8. n.[u] 警戒放哨
    He was on guard that night.
    那个晚上值班
  9. 9. n.[c] [American Football] 护锋
    Guards must be good blockers.
    后卫必须出色的拦截者。
  10. 10. n.[u] 后卫位置
  11. 11. n.[c] 列车长
  12. 12. vt. 看守看管监视
    There would be men guarding the horses.
    安排一些人来看护这些马匹
  13. 13. vt. 守护保卫,使……免受伤害
    Guard my possessions while I'm away.
    在我外出期间,请看护我的财产
  14. 14. vt. 守住……以免受攻击
  15. 15. vi. 警惕采取预防措施
  16. 16. vt. 控制约束
  17. 17. vt. 为……提供防护装置

Collins English-English Dictionary

guard [gɒːd]
  1. 1. vb to watch over or shield (a person or thing) from danger or harm; protect
  2. 2. vb to keep watch over (a prisoner or other potentially dangerous person or thing), as to prevent escape
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to control
    to guard one's tongue
  4. 4. vi. [intr; usually foll by against] to take precautions
  5. 5. vi. to control entrance and exit through (a gate, door, etc)
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to provide (machinery, etc) with a device to protect the operator
  7. 7. vt. [tr] [chess] [cards] to protect or cover (a chess man or card) with another
  8. 8. vt. [curling] [bowling] to protect or cover (a stone or bowl) by placing one's own stone or bowl between it and another player
  9. 9. vt. [tr] [Archaic] to accompany as a guard
  10. 10. n a person or group who keeps a protecting, supervising, or restraining watch or control over people, such as prisoners, things, etc
  11. 11. n a person or group of people, such as soldiers, who form a ceremonial escort
    guard of honour
  12. 12. n [Brit] the official in charge of a train
  13. 13. n the act or duty of protecting, restraining, or supervising
  14. 14. n (as modifier)
    guard duty
  15. 15. n another word for garda
  16. 16. n [Irish] a device, part, or attachment on an object, such as a weapon or machine tool, designed to protect the user against injury, as on the hilt of a sword or the trigger of a firearm
  17. 17. n anything that provides or is intended to provide protection
    a guard against infection
  18. 18. n another name for safety chain
  19. 19. n a long neck chain often holding a chatelaine
  20. 20. n See guard ring
  21. 21. n [sport] an article of light tough material worn to protect any of various parts of the body
  22. 22. n [basketball] the position of the two players in a team who play furthest from the basket
  23. 23. n a player in this position
  24. 24. n the posture of defence or readiness in fencing, boxing, cricket, etc
  25. 25. n [Etymology] C15: from Old French garde, from garder to protect, of Germanic origin; compare Spanish guardar; see ward

Examples

a color guard
护旗队
The Argentina coast guard was astonished to find icebergs floating along the Atlantic coast.
阿根廷海岸警备队震惊地发现,冰山群正沿着大西洋海岸漂移。
to be on one's guard (against)
提防
to catch sb off (their) guard
乘某人不备
to stand guard
站岗

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