vigil的意思|vigil的解释-里氏词典

vigil ['vidʒil]

n. 警戒, 监视, 守夜

[医] 不眠, 警醒

vigil

[ noun ]

a period of sleeplessness

<noun.cognition>

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

<noun.act>

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

<noun.act>

Vigil \Vig"il\, n. [OE. vigile, L. vigilia, from vigil awake,
watchful, probably akin to E. wake: cf. F. vigile. See
{Wake}, v. i., and cf. {Reveille}, {Surveillance}, {Vedette},
{Vegetable}, {Vigor}.]
1. Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is
customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state
of being awake, or the state of being awake;
sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch. ``Worn out by the
labors and vigils of many months.'' --Macaulay.

Nothing wears out a fine face like the vigils of the
card table and those cutting passions which attend
them. --Addison.

2. Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other
religious exercises.

So they in heaven their odes and vigils tuned.
--Milton.

Be sober and keep vigil,
The Judge is at the gate. --Neale
(Rhythm of St.
Bernard).

3. (Eccl.)
(a) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a
feast.
(b) Later, the day and the night preceding a feast.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors,
And say, ``To-morrow is St. Crispian.'' --Shak.
(c) A religious service performed in the evening preceding
a feast.

{Vigils of flowers} or {Watchings of flowers} (Bot.), a
peculiar faculty belonging to the flowers of certain
plants of opening and closing their petals at certain
hours of the day. [R.]

Democratic Assemblyman Norman Waters began a vigil Friday in the Assembly chambers.
A similar vigil also was held in Washington, D.C., this week.
And so I keep the vigil.
Abortion rights activists held a candlelight vigil late Wednesday outside the Idaho Capitol, promising to continue to fight a bill establishing the most restrictive abortion law in any state.
Yoder's wife, Carolyn Yoder, was also among those keeping the vigil on the lawn outside where the hostages were held.
Brothers, I ask you, and through you I ask the Iraqi people to maintain your alertness and vigil.
Pro-democracy activists who had marched noisily each week since early fall set aside bullhorns and banners Monday night for a silent vigil to honor the victims of Stalin.
Lawrence made the announcement after saying earlier today that he had asked for police protection for his vigil at the two-mile-long Herbert Bonner Bridge, the only route from Hatteras Island to the mainland.
They have said they will not give up their vigil until their case is considered by the Vatican in Rome, which under canon law is the official arbitrator in disputes within a religious order.
The peaceful protesters shouted "We want freedom" and "No violence," as security forces broke up a sit-in after a vigil at the Protestant Gethsemane Church late Sunday, beating demonstrators and chasing them into side streets.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, who have made daily visits to join in a vigil in the chamber in the Imperial Palace where Hirohito's coffin lies, will meet each of the visiting dignitaries in audiences and functions scheduled through Tuesday.
Outside the hospital, about 100 Marcos supporters held a candle-light vigil and prayed for her recovery.
After a candlelight vigil, about 200 protesters broke off from the larger group and marched down Van Ness Avenue to the Mission District, knocking over garbage cans and newspapers stands.
About 2 million mourners had kept a night-long vigil around the bier in Mousalam Mosque, 22 miles north of the cemetery.
He said he planned to organize a larger, candlelight vigil for Sunday night.
The vigil around the Alexander Nevski Cathedral and nearby Parliament building came on the eve of a parliamentary session expected to enact a law giving Moslems some rights to their original names.
There could be a constant vigil at the building, or we could all leave," he said earlier.
At the state Capitol in Columbia, 60 miles to the northeast, a dozen people held a two-hour vigil to demonstrate their concern.
While pinstriped city slickers haggle over taxes, insurance and "serious" issues in the Legislature, cowboy-legislator John Carpenter keeps a vigil for varmints who try to bushwack cowboys' rights.
The summer vigil, however, costs India an additional $100,000 a day in high-altitude pay for soldiers, extra rations and air surveillance.
U.S. troops kept a vigil Monday on the Vatican mission where Gen.
About 30 people held a candlelight vigil outside the prison before Bishop's execution.
"The reason we're still here is that the situation in the gulf today is just as bad as what motivated us to start the vigil in the first place," said Joseph Mabel, one of the spokesmen for the group.
After an all-night vigil, they moved on to Subic.
As the minute of silence ended, church bells rang and horns blared as motorists showed their support for the vigil, the third consecutive year the minute of prayer has been observed.
One of the few vestiges of the past was in view Sunday, as some of the activists who helped lead the democratic revolt kept up their vigil outside the former headquarters of the Communist secret police in Berlin.
Daniels, known for hits such as "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," took a few minutes to crawl inside the cage and talk with a veteran who had been taking part in the vigil.
As the Central Committee met in Sofia on Monday, more than 10,000 people gathered outside party headquarters in a silent candlelight vigil to underline their demands for change.
Country singer Charlie Daniels made a visit here to support Vietnam War veterans who are staging a vigil in a bamboo and wire cage to call attention to American soldiers still missing in southeast Asia.
Tenants of the a middle-income apartment complex where four of the eight suspects live held a noon prayer vigil Tuesday outside Metropolitan Hospital, where the victim is a patient.

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