| 单词 | walking wounded |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswalking wounded walking wounded n. (with plural agreement) casualties who are able to walk despite their injuries; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > needing conveyance > not walking wounded1864 up-patient1952 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > power of > casualties who are able to walk walking wounded1864 1864 U.S. Sanitary Comm. Bull. 1 June 452/2 A mingled crowd of army wagons and ambulances, stragglers and walking wounded, has passed.., forming a spectacle beyond description. 1898 H. F. Keenan Conflict with Spain ii. iv. 348 I passed a good many of the walking wounded... The men were..bravely and uncomplainingly plodding along through the mud. 1917 Times 4 May 9/2 Special arrangements are being made for the accommodation of walking wounded and their nurses. 1965 Economist 4 Dec. 1072/2 Governor Rockefeller..has been one of the political walking-wounded since his unpopular remarriage in 1963. 1972 Guardian 23 Dec. 8/1 There are many less conspicuous casualties, the walking wounded of the affluent society. 1982 B. Beaumont Thanks to Rugby xiv. 177 We had the distinct advantage of training..with the full attendance of thirty players, less the walking wounded. 2003 T. G. Veenema Disaster Nursing iv. 95/2 In the military, the practice of triage is to sort the wounded into three groups, the walking wounded, the seriously wounded, and the fatally wounded. < as lemmas |
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