In a prelude to life at sea, the dragon boat team learnt the meaning of the ‘morning watch’ when it rose at 4am on March 7 to prepare to compete in the championships.
Kennedy held the morning watch, relieving the other officers from his fidgeting and worry.
He had gone to bed early, as he was taking first morning watch and the others sat up, gazing at the fire.
Hornblower wakened at the last ding of the fifth bell in in the morning watch.
Definition of morning watch in US English:
morning watch
nounˈmôrniNG ˌwôCH
The period from 4 to 8 a.m. on board a ship.
早班（船上早晨4：00-8：00的守望值班）
Example sentencesExamples
In a prelude to life at sea, the dragon boat team learnt the meaning of the ‘morning watch’ when it rose at 4am on March 7 to prepare to compete in the championships.
Kennedy held the morning watch, relieving the other officers from his fidgeting and worry.
Hornblower wakened at the last ding of the fifth bell in in the morning watch.
He had gone to bed early, as he was taking first morning watch and the others sat up, gazing at the fire.