释义 |
am·bu·lance \ˈambyələn(t)s, ˈaam-, chiefly substand -bəl-\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, field hospital, from ambulant itinerant, traveling (especially as used in the term hôpital ambulant field hospital, literally, traveling hospital), from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulare to walk — more at amble 1. : a vehicle equipped for transporting wounded, injured, or sick persons or animals 2. : a passenger vehicle formerly used in the western United States |