vedette 也作 vi.dette

n.（名詞）
A mounted sentinel stationed in advance of an outpost.
騎哨：先于前哨基地駐扎的騎馬的哨兵
A small scouting boat used to observe and report on an opposing naval force.
哨艇：用于觀察并匯報(bào)敵對(duì)海軍部隊(duì)情況的小型偵察艇

來(lái)源：
French
法語(yǔ)
from Italian vedetta
源自 意大利語(yǔ) vedetta
alteration influenced by vedere [to see]
受 vedere的影響 [看]
of veletta
veletta的變化
probably from Spanish vela [watch]
可能源自 西班牙語(yǔ) vela [觀察]
from velar [to watch]
源自 velar [監(jiān)視]
from Latin vigil3re [to watch through the night]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) vigil3re [在夜晚監(jiān)視]
from vigil [awake] * see weg-
源自 vigil [醒的] *參見(jiàn) weg-