| 单词 | ambulance |
| 释义 | ambulance (once / 1002 pages) n An ambulance is an emergency vehicle that transports people to the hospital in emergencies. If you see that someone's been injured in a car accident, it's a good idea to call an ambulance. People who are terribly sick, or who are unexpectedly hurt or injured, often need to get to a hospital quickly, and this is what an ambulance is for. As the patient is driven to a hospital, with the ambulance's lights flashing and siren sounding, he or she is often treated by an emergency medical technician. The word comes from the French phrase hôpital ambulant, or "walking hospital," from the Latin ambulare, "to walk." WORD FAMILYambulance: ambulances USAGE EXAMPLESMartin said the militants were regularly using municipal facilities for military means, including transporting weapons in ambulances. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Included is one about a woman who holds a dying child’s hand in an ambulance. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) An ambulance arrives, but, as it rushes to the hospital, it runs over an old lady, so it stops and picks her up, too. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) n a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals Hypo|Hyper funny wagon an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine |
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