| 单词 | ward |
| 释义 | ward (once / 89 pages) nv A ward is a group of rooms or a section in a hospital or prison; in a hospital, different wards deal with different needs, like the psychiatric ward or maternity ward. Although ward is most often used in connection with hospitals and prisons, cities and towns can also be broken into wards. These are usually geographic areas that are used in elections: city council members often represent wards of the city. A ward is also the name given to a child who is watched over by someone other than his parents. Sometimes children are known as "wards of the state," meaning they have been taken from their homes. WORD FAMILYward: reward, warded, warder, warding, wards+/reward: rewarded, rewardful, rewarding, rewards/rewarded: unrewarded/rewarding: rewardingly, unrewarding/unrewarding: unrewardingly/warder: warders, wardership USAGE EXAMPLESHe’d like to see forces deployed in Poland and the Baltic States to ward off Russian hostilities. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) To ward off atrophy, buy a drawer organizer, suggested Ms. Lowenheim, who uses expandable drawer organizers from Staples in her own home. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Most involved state wards in foster homes, adoptive homes, state-licensed residential care facilities and the juvenile probation system. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 2n a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections Hyper administrative district, administrative division, territorial division a district defined for administrative purposes 3n block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care they put her in a 4-bed ward Syn|Hypo|Hyper hospital ward detox the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified maternity warda hospital ward that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants block housing in a large building that is divided into separate units 4n a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) Syn|Hypo|Hyper cellblock death house, death row the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution block housing in a large building that is divided into separate units 5v watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect Syn|Hypo|Hyper guard shepherd watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage Ward (once / 906 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY Ward: Wards USAGE EXAMPLESEddie Lack, the regular backup to goaltender Cam Ward, was ill. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Fred Ward photographed pop stars, presidents and precious stones with equal finesse. Time(Dec 30, 2016) H. Ward Wettlaufer, 80, March 31: The Buffalo golf legend was a two-time U.S. Golf Digest(Dec 27, 2016) 1 n United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) 2Syn|Exp Aaron Montgomery Ward, Montgomery Ward businessman, man of affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) n English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) 3Syn|Exp Mary Augusta Arnold Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward author, writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) n English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) Syn|Exp Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth economic expert, economist an expert in the science of economics conservationist, environmentalistsomeone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution |
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