英语词汇“ward”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

wardward1 /wɔrd/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYward¹

Origin: Old English weard guarding

COLLOCATIONS► the maternity/psychiatric/pediatric etc. ward

(=the ward for women who are having babies, for people who are mentally ill, for children, etc.)

1an area in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay: the maternity/psychiatric/pediatric etc. ward (=the ward for women who are having babies, for people who are mentally ill, for children, etc.)2law someone, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of another person or of a law court: At the age of five, Jason became a ward of the state.3social studies, politics one of the small areas that a city has been divided into for the purpose of local elections

noun | verb

wardward2 verb

ETYMOLOGYward²

Origin: Old English weardian to guard, defend

VERB TABLE

ward

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ward
	he, she, it	wards
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	warded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have warded
	he, she, it	has warded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had warded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ward
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have warded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am warding
	he, she, it	is warding
	you, we, they	are warding
Past	I, he, she, it	was warding
	you, we, they	were warding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been warding
	he, she, it	has been warding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been warding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be warding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been warding

ward something ↔ off phrasal verb to do something to protect yourself from something such as an illness, danger, attack, etc.: He warded off the blows with his arms.