| 单词 | candy striper |
| 释义 | > as lemmascandy striper candy striper n. North American (now dated) a volunteer (typically a young woman) who assists staff in a hospital. [With reference to the pink-and-white-striped pinafores traditionally worn by such volunteers (see candy stripe n. and adj.).] ΚΠ 1951 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard & Rev. 5 Sept. The Candy Stripers are the pink-and-white uniformed Junior Aides..who work at East Orange General Hospital. 1986 J. Sharkey One Toe in Grave 72 The man..has just been found dead in his hospital bed by a candy-striper. 2015 C. F. Bennett in C. A. Harlan Global Health Nursing xi. 149 As a teenage candy striper, I quickly discovered that l loved being in the hospital. < as lemmas |
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