| 单词 | hospital |
| 释义 | hospital (once / 96 pages) n A hospital is the place to go when you're very sick or injured in a way that requires immediate treatment. If you trip over your shoelaces and break your arm, you'll need to go to the hospital. People having surgery or delivering a baby usually go to a hospital, and if you suspect you have food poisoning, you might visit the emergency room of a hospital. Hospitals are staffed by doctors and nurses, as well as office workers, cleaners, and aides of various kinds. The earliest hospitals were shelters or needy people, or hostels for travelers, and the word comes from the Late Latin hospitale, "guest house or inn." WORD FAMILYhospital: hospitalise, hospitalize, hospitals+/hospitalise: hospitalisation, hospitalised/hospitalization: hospitalizations/hospitalize: hospitalization, hospitalized, hospitalizing USAGE EXAMPLESAlso called pneumococcus, this pathogen is the most common perpetrator of community-acquired pneumonia, which is pneumonia that people get outside hospitals and nursing homes. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) A hospital in the Sadr City area also was struck Monday, killing 27. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Schnorenberg was injured during the altercation and treated at a hospital. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care Hyper medical institution an institution created for the practice of medicine 2n a health facility where patients receive treatment Syn|Hypo|Hyper infirmary creche, foundling hospital a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for lazar house, lazaret, lazarette, lazaretto, pesthousehospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) maternity hospitala hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospitala hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person military hospitalhospital for soldiers and other military personnel sanatarium, sanatorium, sanitariuma hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pitpejorative terms for an insane asylum field hospitala temporary military hospital near the battle lines health facility, healthcare facility, medical building building where medicine is practiced |
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