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单词 hospital
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
hos•pi•tal /ˈhɑspɪtəl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Medicinean institution in which the sick or injured are given medical and surgical treatment.
    In British English, the word hospital can appear as a noncount noun, without the article a or the before it, in certain phrases: (British English):He's in hospital.= (American English):He's in a hospital or He's in the hospital.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hos•pi•tal  (hospi tl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Medicinean institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
  2. Medicinea similar establishment for the care of animals.
  3. a repair shop for specific portable objects:violin hospital; doll hospital.
  4. British Termsan institution supported by charity or taxes for the care of the needy, as an orphanage or old people's home.
  • Medieval Latin, noun, nominal use of neuter of Latin hospitālis hospitable, equivalent. to hospit- (see hospitium) + -ālis -al1
  • Middle English hospitale 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hospital /ˈhɒspɪtəl/ n
  1. an institution for the medical, surgical, obstetric, or psychiatric care and treatment of patients
  2. (modifier) having the function of a hospital: a hospital ship
  3. a repair shop for something specified: a dolls' hospital
  4. archaic a charitable home, hospice, or school
Etymology: 13th Century: from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice, from Latin hospitālis relating to a guest, from hospes, hospit- guest, host1
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