| 词汇 | dogwatch |
| 词源 | dogwatch. The dogwatch at sea is the period between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. (the first dogwatch) or the period between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. (the second dogwatch). The other watches aboard ship are: 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.—afternoon watch 8:00 p.m. to midnight—first night watch 12:00 to 4:00 a.m.—middle watch 4:00 to 8:00 a.m.—morning watch 8:00 a.m. to noon—forenoon watch The dogwatches are only two hours each, so that the same men aren’t always on duty at the same time each afternoon. Some experts say dogwatch is a corruption of dodge watch, and others associate dogwatch with the fitful sleep of sailors called dog sleep, because it is a stressful watch. But no one re- ally knows the origin of this term, which was first recorded in 1700. |
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