watchword
英 [ˈwɒtʃwɜ:d] 美 [ˈwɑtʃwɜrd]

n.

口令；暗语；暗号；口号

变形

复数：watchwords

英英释义

watchword[ 'wɔtʃwə:d, 'wɔ:- ]

• n.
  • a slogan used to rally support for a cause

    "our watchword will be `democracy'"

    同义词：war cryrallying crybattle crycry

  • a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

    同义词：passwordwordparolecountersign

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. This seemed to be some watchword or signal that all was right.
   这大概是表示一切正常的口令或暗号。
2. He did not know the watchword.
   他不知道口令。
3. Versatility is the watchword today.
   多才多艺是这个时代的口号。

权威例句

Watchword.
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Transparency: The New Peer Review Watchword
Our Watchword & Song: The Centennial History of the Church of the Nazarene
Reform the watchword as OECD countries struggle to contain health care costs.
Deregulating Commercial Banks: The Watchword Should be Caution
Never Knowingly Oversold: a watchword for tutoring and mentoring schemes?
Postoperative endophthalmitis: caution is the watchword.
Therapeutic drugs in pregnancy. Caution is the watchword.
Clinical trial registration: transparency is the watchword
Strategic differentiation becoming 'watchword' for health care organizations
Risk management: postoperative endophthalmitis: caution is the watchword.