名詞 vigil:

1. a period of sleeplessness
2. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
   同義詞：watch
3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
   同義詞：watch

1. The detectives resumed their vigil at the house.
   偵探們又開始在那楝房子警戒了。
2. One who keeps vigil, as at a sick person's bedside.
   護(hù)理者如在病人身旁等看護(hù)的人
3. She kept an all-night vigil by the patient's bedside.
   她整夜守在病人旁邊。

vig.il

n.（名詞）

A watch kept during normal sleeping hours.
守夜，值夜：在正常睡眠時(shí)間里的監(jiān)視
The act or a period of observing; surveillance.
觀察；警戒：觀察或監(jiān)視的行為或時(shí)間
The eve of a religious festival as observed by devotional watching.
守夜：宗教節(jié)日的前夕，通過虔誠的守夜慶祝
Often vigils Ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day.
常作 vigils 在宗教節(jié)日前的祈禱

來源：
Middle English vigile [a devotional watching]
中古英語 vigile [虔誠的守夜]
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin vigilia [wakefulness, watch]
源自 拉丁語 vigilia [不眠，監(jiān)視]
from vigil [awake] * see weg-
源自 vigil [醒過來] *參見 weg-