Noun:

1. a period of sleeplessness

2. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

even.（重大节日的）前夜；前夕Eve.n.夏娃（圣经中的第一个女人）

watchv.注视；看守；观看n.手表；监视；看守；值班

night watchn.值夜者(时间)

wakev.醒来；唤醒；意识到n.航迹；守夜

1. After Forestier's death, he and Mrs. Forestier kept a vigil over the corpse.
   弗赖斯节死后，杜洛瓦同弗赖斯节夫人一起守灵。
2. She kept an all-night vigil by the patient's bedside.
   她整夜守在病人旁边。
3. The detectives resumed their vigil at the house.
   侦探们又开始在那栋房子警戒了。