Monitor

(noun.) any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles.

(noun.) a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble.

(noun.) electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions.

(noun.) display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor.

(noun.) an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac.

(verb.) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; 'we are monitoring the air quality'; 'the police monitor the suspect's moves'.

(verb.) check, track, or observe by means of a receiver.

录入:温思罗普

• In the spring of 1862 the Monitor met the Merrimac in engagement in Hampton Roads, and established the great value of the turret monitor. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• You have lost your labour--you had better go no farther, urged the monitor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Vessels of the Monitor type still form useful parts of the United States Navy, in which the Monterey and Monadnock are its most representative types. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The Monadnock, which is a double-turret coast defence monitor, is shown in Fig. 118. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The civil war in 1861 brought with it a novel and striking form of war vessel known as the Monitor. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Helen sighed as her reverie fled, and getting up, obeyed the monitor without reply as without delay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• My own case of the internal sign is hardly worth mentioning, for rarely, if ever, has such a monitor been given to any other man. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Sometimes their feet failed them, and they sank together in a heap; they were then propped up with the monitors' high stools. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Admiral Porter arrived on the evening of the 18th, having put in at Beaufort to get ammunition for the monitors. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Miss Miller again gave the word of command-- Monitors, fetch the supper-trays! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• German submarines were actively engaged in trying to torpedo these monitors and the British monoplane was useful for giving the range to the ship and reporting the accuracy of the shots. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

整理:斯特拉