deathwatch

名词 deathwatch:

1. minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
   同义词：booklouse, book louse, Liposcelis divinatorius
2. bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
   同义词：deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum

death.watch

n.（名词）
A vigil kept beside a dying or dead person.
临终的看护，守灵：在将死或已死的人身边彻夜不眠的守护
One who guards a condemned person before execution.
临刑前死囚的看守人
A deathwatch beetle.
报死窃蠹