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单词 ambulance
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ambulance

[ am-byuh-luhns ]
/ ˈæm byə ləns /
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noun

a specially equipped motor vehicle, airplane, ship, etc., for carrying sick or injured people, usually to a hospital.
(formerly) a field hospital.

Origin of ambulance

1800–10; <French, equivalent to (hôpital) ambul(ant) walking (hospital) + -ance-ance. See ambulant

Words nearby ambulance

ambrotype, ambry, ambsace, Ambu bag, ambulacrum, ambulance, ambulance chaser, ambulance stocks, ambulant, ambulante, ambulate
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British Dictionary definitions for ambulance

ambulance
/ (ˈæmbjʊləns) /

noun

a motor vehicle designed to carry sick or injured people

Word Origin for ambulance

C19: from French, based on (hôpital) ambulant mobile or field (hospital), from Latin ambulāre to walk
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 ambulance

ambulance
[ ămbyə-ləns ]

n.

A specially equipped vehicle used to transport the sick or injured.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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