vigil

vigil /'vidʤil/
  • danh từ
    • sự thức khuya; sự thức để trông nom; sự thức để cầu kinh
      • to keep vigil over a sick child: thức để trông nom đứa trẻ ốm
    • ngày ăn chay trước ngày lễ
    • (số nhiều) kinh cầu ban đêm

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vigil

Từ điển Collocation

vigil noun

1 when you stay awake to look after sb, etc.

ADJ. all-night, constant, round-the-clock, 24-hour Since the accident, the boy's parents have kept a constant vigil at his bedside. | bedside | lonely For three nights, the shepherd maintained his lonely vigil.

VERB + VIGIL keep, maintain He told the gatekeeper to keep vigil.

PREP. ~ over the husband's vigil over his dying wife

2 silent political protest; time of prayer

ADJ. candlelight/candlelit, night-time, nocturnal Protesters held a candlelit vigil against the war. | silent a silent vigil outside the presidential palace | prayer

VERB + VIGIL hold, stage | attend

PREP. ~ for a vigil for the murdered politician

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a period of sleeplessness
  • the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival); watch
  • a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe; watch

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

vigils
syn.: watch