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单词 ward
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ward /wɔrd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Governmentan administrative division of a city or town, or a division for voting purposes.
  2. a division of a hospital:a children's ward.
  3. a division of a prison.
  4. Lawa person, esp. a child or person under eighteen, who is under the care of a legal guardian or a court.

v. 
  1. to turn aside;
    avert: [+ off + object]to ward off a blow; to ward off disease.[+ object + off]to ward it off.

-ward, suffix. 
  1. Pronouns-ward is used to form adjectives or adverbs with the meaning "in or toward a certain direction in space or time'':backward.Also, -wards. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ward  (wôrd),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Governmenta division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
  2. Governmentone of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided.
  3. a division, floor, or room of a hospital for a particular class or group of patients:a convalescent ward; a critical ward.
  4. any of the separate divisions of a prison.
  5. Governmenta political subdivision of a parish in Louisiana.
  6. [Mormon Ch.]one of the subdivisions of a stake, presided over by a bishop.
  7. [Fort.]an open space within or between the walls of a castle or fortified place:the castle's lower ward.
  8. Law
    • Lawa person, esp. a minor, who has been legally placed under the care of a guardian or a court.
    • Lawthe state of being under the care or control of a legal guardian.
    • Lawguardianship over a minor or some other person legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs.
  9. Lawthe state of being under restraining guard or in custody.
  10. a person who is under the protection or control of another.
  11. a movement or posture of defense, as in fencing.
  12. a curved ridge of metal inside a lock, forming an obstacle to the passage of a key that does not have a corresponding notch.
  13. the notch or slot in the bit of a key into which such a ridge fits.
  14. the act of keeping guard or protective watch:watch and ward.
  15. [Archaic.]a company of guards or a garrison.

v.t. 
  1. to avert, repel, or turn aside (danger, harm, an attack, an assailant, etc.) (usually fol. by off):to ward off a blow; to ward off evil.
  2. to place in a ward, as of a hospital or prison.
  3. [Archaic.]to protect;
    guard.
  • bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English warde, Old English weard; (verb, verbal) Middle English warden, Old English weardian; cognate with Middle Dutch waerden, German warten; compare guard
wardless, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged precinct.
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged protégé.
    • 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged parry, prevent.

Ward  (wôrd),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical (Aaron) Montgomery, 1843–1913, U.S. merchant and mail-order retailer.
  2. Ar•te•mas  (ärtə məs),USA pronunciation 1727–1800, American general in the American Revolution.Ar•te•mus  (ärtə məs),USA pronunciation (Charles Farrar Browne), 1834–67, U.S. humorist.
  3. Biographical Barbara (Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth), 1914–81, English economist and author.
  4. Biographical Mrs. Humphry (Mary Augusta Arnold), 1851–1920, English novelist, born in Tasmania.
  5. Biographical Sir Joseph George, 1856–1930, New Zealand statesman, born in Australia: Prime Minister 1906–12, 1928–30.
  6. Biographical Lester Frank, 1841–1913, U.S. sociologist.
  7. Biographical Nathaniel ("Theodore de la Guard''), 1578?–1652, English clergyman, lawyer, and author in America.
  8. a male given name.

-ward, 
  1. Pronounsa native English suffix denoting spatial or temporal direction, as specified by the initial element:toward; afterward;backward.
Also, -wards. 
  • Middle English; Old English -weard towards; cognate with German -wärts; akin to Latin vertere to turn (see verse)
    Both -ward and -wards occur in such words as backward, forward, upward, and toward. The -ward form is by far the more common in edited American English writing.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ward /wɔːd/ n
  1. (in many countries) a district into which a city, town, parish, or other area is divided for administration, election of representatives, etc
  2. a room in a hospital, esp one for patients requiring similar kinds of care: a maternity ward
  3. one of the divisions of a prison
  4. an open space enclosed within the walls of a castle
  5. Also called: ward of court a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
  6. guardianship, as of a minor or legally incompetent person
  7. the state of being under guard or in custody
  8. a means of protection
  9. an internal ridge or bar in a lock that prevents an incorrectly cut key from turning
  10. a corresponding groove cut in a key
  11. a less common word for warden
vb
  1. (transitive) archaic to guard or protect

See also ward offEtymology: Old English weard protector; related to Old High German wart, Old Saxon ward, Old Norse vorthr. See guard

ˈwardless adj
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
-wards, 
  1. Pronounsvar. of -ward: towards;
    afterwards.
  • Old English -weardes, equivalent. to -weard toward (see ward) + -es -s1 Middle English
    See -ward. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Ward /wɔːd/ n
  1. Dame Barbara (Mary), Baroness Jackson. 1914–81, British economist, environmentalist, and writer. Her books include Spaceship Earth (1966)
  2. Mrs Humphry, married name of Mary Augusta Arnold. 1851–1920, English novelist. Her novels include Robert Elsmere (1888) and The Case of Richard Meynell (1911)
  3. Sir Joseph George. 1856–1930, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1906–12; 1928–30)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-ward suffix
  1. (forming adjectives) indicating direction towards: a backward step, heavenward progress
  2. (forming adverbs)
    a variant and the usual US and Canadian form of -wards
Etymology: Old English -weard towards
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-wards, -ward suffix forming adverbs
  1. indicating direction towards: a step backwards, to sail shorewards
    Compare -ward
Etymology: Old English -weardes towards
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