sentry
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
sentriescentrysentrisentery
- 1.
A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
- 2.
(uncountable)Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
- 3.
(nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
- 4.
A watchtower.
- 5.
An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.
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kitenautical drag kite
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Nguồn gốc từ
From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (a path), diminutive of sentier, from - semitarius (a path).