Originally: a covered wagon on springs used to transport wounded soldiers from a battlefield to a field hospital (now historical). In later use: a…
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > ambulance (5) ambulance1825 Originally: a covered wagon on springs used to transport wounded soldiers from a battlefield to a field hospital (now historical). In later use: a… blood wagon1922 a vehicle used to transport injured people; esp. a hospital ambulance. meat wagon1925 slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A vehicle for transporting a person or people (with dehumanizing connotation; see meat, n. 4b 8). An ambulance. gurney1939 transferred. (Originally in Western U.S.) A similar vehicle used as a police wagon or emergency ambulance. Obsolete. ambo1974 = ambulance, n. 2. |
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