English Dictionary

sentinel

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɛntɪnəl/

名詞

廃用 限定用法

A sentry, watch, or guard. / (obsolete) A private soldier. / (computer science) A unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way; a keyword.

日本語の意味

見張り、警備員、監視者 / （旧義）私兵、下級兵士 / （コンピュータサイエンスにおける）特別な処理のためにプログラムが認識する唯一の文字列、キーワード

A lone sentinel stood at the cliff's edge, scanning the horizon for any signs of danger.

一人の哨兵が崖の縁に立ち、危険の兆しがないか地平線を見渡していた。

意味（1）

A sentry, watch, or guard.

They promised faithfully to bear their confinement with patience, and were very thankful that they had such good usage as to have provisions and light left them; for Friday gave them candles (such as we made ourselves) for their comfort; and they did not know but that he stood sentinel over them at the entrance.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A private soldier.

I will not permit the poorest centinel to be treated with injustice.

意味（3）

(computer science) A unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way; a keyword.

The ' tag is a sentinel that suspends web-page processing and displays the subsequent text literally

意味（4）

A sentinel crab.

意味（5）

(attributive, medicine, epidemiology) A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).

sentinel animals can be used to explore endemic diseases.

sentinels （ plural ）