| 单词 | infirmary |
| 释义 | infirmary (once / 4764 pages) n An infirmary is a hospital, or the area of an institution that's used as a hospital. If you come down with chickenpox at summer camp, you might have to spend a few nights in the camp infirmary. While you can call a hospital an infirmary, you're most likely to do this if you're British and referring to a specific hospital, like the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Infirmaries are usually spaces within larger buildings that provide healthcare. Inmates go to the prison infirmary when they're sick, and soldiers get their checkups at the military base infirmary. The earliest infirmaries were in monasteries. The Latin root is infirmus, "weak or frail." WORD FAMILYinfirmary: infirmaries USAGE EXAMPLESVisitors to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, which carries the leaflets, expressed confusion at who had published them and one person described them as "very misleading." BBC(Nov 28, 2016) Clarke was taken to the infirmary, where he was formally pronounced dead just before 11:30 a.m. Los Angeles Times(Nov 24, 2016) “I was a novice when she was in the infirmary,” Sister Barbara said. Washington Times(Nov 20, 2016) n a health facility where patients receive treatment Syn|Hypo|Hyper hospital creche, foundling hospital a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthousehospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) maternity hospitala hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospitala hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced people military hospitalhospital for soldiers and other military personnel sanatarium, sanatorium, sanitariuma hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pitpejorative terms for an insane asylum field hospitala temporary military hospital near the battle lines health facility, healthcare facility, medical building building where medicine is practiced |
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