ambulance carn.

Brit.

/ˈambjᵿləns kɑː/,

/ˈambjᵿln̩s kɑː/, U.S.

/ˈæmbjələns ˌkɑr/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ambulance n., car n.¹

Etymology: < ambulance n. + car n.¹

†1. A covered cart or wagon used for transporting wounded soldiers. Obsolete.

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1849 Daily News 1 June 5/1 An ambulance car, fitted up with medicines, &c., was brought in..the day before yesterday.

1863 L. Wraxall Fife & Drum x. 133 Harry was soon placed under orders to accompany Colonel Carruthers to Scutari Hospital... Harry jumped up on the other side of the ambulance car, and they started under a tremendous volley of cheering.

2. A railway carriage that is specially equipped to transport sick or injured people, esp. from a war zone. Cf. ambulance train n. at ambulance n. Compounds 2. Now historical and rare.

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1861 Weekly Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 18 Sept. Major Fremont, the Superintendent of the Wilmington railroad, has presented the Confederate Government with a most complete and elegant ambulance car. It affords accommodation for about twenty patients.

1900 Graphic 6 Jan. (caption) The red cross train of ambulance cars..for the sick and wounded of the Boer forces.

2017 J.-D. Lepage Mil. Trains & Railways i. 26/1 The first car..was capable of accommodating about fifty patients... Other innovations introduced on the ambulance cars were..a stove to make meals, [etc.].

3. A specially equipped motor vehicle used to transport sick or injured people to hospital or other treatment facilities.Now sometimes applied to a rapid-response car which carries medical equipment but does not necessarily transport patients.Now uncommon in North American use.

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the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > ambulance

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1904 Automotor Jrnl. 28 May 661/2 An armour-plated ambulance car fitted with an Albone motor which enables it to be driven over the roughest ground at six miles an hour. It enables the wounded to be accommodated inside it, and shielded at any rate from rifle fire.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings v. 118 We ceded the right of way to a hospital ship and waited while a procession of ambulance cars drove along the quay.

1979 W. J. Stephen Anal. Primary Med. Care vi. 180 It is accepted that one ambulance car per 10 000 population is necessary, therefore the total in Kiev is 125.

2019 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 15 July 3 Two emergency ambulances, an ambulance car and an air ambulance were at the scene.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambulance car
释义	ambulance carn. Brit. /ˈambjᵿləns kɑː/, /ˈambjᵿln̩s kɑː/, U.S. /ˈæmbjələns ˌkɑr/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ambulance n., car n.¹ Etymology: < ambulance n. + car n.¹ †1. A covered cart or wagon used for transporting wounded soldiers. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1849 Daily News 1 June 5/1 An ambulance car, fitted up with medicines, &c., was brought in..the day before yesterday. 1863 L. Wraxall Fife & Drum x. 133 Harry was soon placed under orders to accompany Colonel Carruthers to Scutari Hospital... Harry jumped up on the other side of the ambulance car, and they started under a tremendous volley of cheering. 2. A railway carriage that is specially equipped to transport sick or injured people, esp. from a war zone. Cf. ambulance train n. at ambulance n. Compounds 2. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1861 Weekly Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 18 Sept. Major Fremont, the Superintendent of the Wilmington railroad, has presented the Confederate Government with a most complete and elegant ambulance car. It affords accommodation for about twenty patients. 1900 Graphic 6 Jan. (caption) The red cross train of ambulance cars..for the sick and wounded of the Boer forces. 2017 J.-D. Lepage Mil. Trains & Railways i. 26/1 The first car..was capable of accommodating about fifty patients... Other innovations introduced on the ambulance cars were..a stove to make meals, [etc.]. 3. A specially equipped motor vehicle used to transport sick or injured people to hospital or other treatment facilities.Now sometimes applied to a rapid-response car which carries medical equipment but does not necessarily transport patients.Now uncommon in North American use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > transport for the sick or injured > [noun] > ambulance ambulance1825 ambulance car1904 meat wagon1925 gurney1939 1904 Automotor Jrnl. 28 May 661/2 An armour-plated ambulance car fitted with an Albone motor which enables it to be driven over the roughest ground at six miles an hour. It enables the wounded to be accommodated inside it, and shielded at any rate from rifle fire. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings v. 118 We ceded the right of way to a hospital ship and waited while a procession of ambulance cars drove along the quay. 1979 W. J. Stephen Anal. Primary Med. Care vi. 180 It is accepted that one ambulance car per 10 000 population is necessary, therefore the total in Kiev is 125. 2019 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 15 July 3 Two emergency ambulances, an ambulance car and an air ambulance were at the scene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1849
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