| 词汇 | vigil |
| 释义 | vigil 1 ENTRIES FOUND: vigil (noun) vigil /ˈvɪʤəl/ noun plural vigils vigil /ˈvɪʤəl/ noun plural vigils Learner's definition of VIGIL : an event or a period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc., especially at night（尤指在夜晚的）守候，祈祷 [count] The night before he was scheduled to be executed, the group held a candlelight vigil for him outside the prison. [=they held candles and waited for him to be executed or pardoned]在他行刑的前一天晚上，这群人在监狱外彻夜为他做烛光祈祷。 [noncount] She kept vigil at the bedside of her ailing son. [=she sat beside her son's bed when he was ill]她彻夜守候在儿子的病床旁。 |
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