- 1(軍事)掩護觀察位置；也是知名電玩遊戲「鬥陣特工」的英文原名
A military term for a position where soldiers watch over and protect other soldiers as they move, ready to act if something goes wrong; also used as a verb, to watch over and protect an area. Today most students recognize it as the name of a very popular team-based video game.
From the word’s history
over- + watch; also a back-formation from watch over.
由 over 加 watch 構成，也是從 watch over 倒過來造的字。
組成over + watch.
同家族的字
- watchthe base word it's built from
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
overwatchverb
- 1
To watch over.
- 2
To watch excessively.
- 3
obsoleteTo overcome with long lack of rest.
overwatchnoun
- 1
governmentmilitarypoliticsThe supervision of one unit or vehicle by another while the supervised unit is firing or moving.
- At a further and undefined point in the future, the American force would shrink to about seven and later five brigades — all involved in overwatch missions.
- “It’s 21st-century warfare,” says another team member, Doshch. And although some of the overwatch can be conducted remotely in bunkers, most of the drone teams (typically four-strong, they say) have to work about 1km behind the front.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。