| 释义 | [ hweel-chair, weel- ] / ˈʰwilˌtʃɛər, ˈwil- /
 nouna chair mounted on wheels for use by persons who cannot walk.Origin of wheelchairFirst recorded in 1690–1700; wheel + chairWords nearby wheelchairwheelbarrow, wheelbarrow race, wheelbase, Wheel Blacks, wheel bug, wheelchair, wheelchair housing, wheel clamp, wheeled, wheeler, wheeler-dealerDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wheelchairThe series also reversed a long trend that saw the character paralyzed by the Joker and confined to a wheelchair for a decade. Gail Simone’s Bisexual Catman and the ‘Secret Six’|Rich Goldstein|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEASTJasmin helps her transfer in and out of her wheelchair, get dressed, and bathe. Care Providers Fight for $15 and a Union|Jasmin Almodovar, Shirley Thompson|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEASTFormer Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham is paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair. Why 2016’s Hopefuls Are Hopeless|P. J. O’Rourke|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEASTShe could no longer go to the orchestra; she was confined to a wheelchair. The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Vinson was rolled out in a wheelchair wearing a full body hazmat suit. Ebola Nurses Are As Brave As Soldiers|Michael Daly|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEASTShe lifted the geiger harnesses, and I put Ledman back in his wheelchair. The Hunted Heroes|Robert SilverbergRobert would sit in his wheelchair by the window and time my running to the store and back. The Biography of a Rabbit|Roy BensonThey spend their days ticking votes—your mother, Picheral, and the poor invalid in her wheelchair. The Immortal|Alphonse DaudetWhy it was damp he couldn't tell, but there in the wetness were tracks which could have been made by a wheelchair. Double Take|Richard Wilson"Tough," I said, thinking of the kid sitting out there all day in his wheelchair, straining his eyes across the palmetto flats. To Remember Charlie By|Roger Dee
British Dictionary definitions for wheelchair
 nounmed a special chair mounted on large wheels, for use by invalids or others for whom walking is impossible or temporarily inadvisableCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for wheelchair
 n.A chair mounted on large wheels for the use of a sick or disabled person.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |