单词 | life-support |
释义 | life-support[ lahyf-suh-pawrt, -pohrt ] / ˈlaɪf səˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt / adjectiveof or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die. of or relating to equipment or measures that provide, within a surrounding hostile environment, as outer space or ocean depths, a life-sustaining environment similar to that found on the earth's surface: the life-support system of a spacecraft or submarine. of or relating to anything that fosters or sustains life, success, or continued existence, as of a person, thing, or nation: the life-support system of the economy. Origin of life-supportFirst recorded in 1955–60 Words nearby life-supportlifestyle block, lifestyle business, lifestyle disease, lifestyle guru, lifestyler, life-support, life-support system, life table, life-threatening, lifetime, life vest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for life-support
British Dictionary definitions for life-supportlife-support adjectiveof or providing the equipment required to sustain human life in an unnatural environment, such as in space, or in severe illness or disability Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for life-supportlife support n.A life-support system. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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