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IELTS BNC: 3860 COCA: 5500

ambulance

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
ambulance /ˈæmbjələns/ noun
plural ambulances
ambulance
/ˈæmbjələns/
noun
plural ambulances
Learner's definition of AMBULANCE
[count]
: a vehicle used for taking hurt or sick people to the hospital especially in emergencies救护车
IELTS BNC: 3860 COCA: 5500

ambulance

noun

am·​bu·​lance ˈam-byə-lən(t)s How to pronounce ambulance (audio)
-bə-,
 also  -ˌlan(t)s
: a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Four were taken to hospitals by ambulance, while the other four were treated at the store. Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2022 Instead, she was taken by ambulance to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, where she was later pronounced dead. Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022 NBC Philadelphia reported that two officers were flown to hospitals and that others were taken by ambulance. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 Both were taken by ambulance to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to an Arkansas State Police news release. Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2022 She was taken twice by ambulance to a hospital that month, once after experiencing contractions and again after entering preterm labor at 25 weeks, according to her sister Whitney Martin and Rosado. James Pollard, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022 Lada was taken by ambulance to a city hospital, where doctors repaired her perforated intestine just in time to save her life. George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022 She was taken to a hospital twice by ambulance in July. Essence, 6 Sep. 2022 Four firefighters were injured while working to put out the fire and were rushed to local hospitals by ambulance. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 4 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

earlier, "mobile medical facility following troops in the field, corps of surgeons and assistants caring for wounded soldiers in the field," borrowed from French, from ambulant "mobile, itinerant" (borrowed from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulāre "to go on foot, travel") + -ance -ance — more at amble entry 1

Note: As a name for a vehicle, in part short for ambulance wag(g)on and other collocations, probably after French wagon-ambulance, voiture d'ambulance, etc.

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ambulance was in 1825
IELTS BNC: 3860 COCA: 5500
ambulance

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + AMBULANCE | AMBULANCE + VERB | AMBULANCE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEair, field, land救護飛機;戰地救護車;陸上救護車He had to be flown by air ambulance to a Las Vegas hospital.他被迫由救護飛機送往拉斯維加斯的一家醫院。emergency (especially BrE) 急救車waiting正在等候的救護車I was put straight into a waiting ambulance and rushed to the hospital.我被直接抬進等在一旁的救護車中,然後飛速送往醫院。VERB + AMBULANCEcall (for), get, phone (for), ring (for), telephone (for) (BrE) 叫救護車;打電話叫救護車Quick, call an ambulance!快,叫輛救護車!send派救護車An ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident.救護車被派到事故現場。load sb into, put sb in, put sb into將某人抬進救護車;將某人放進救護車He was put into an ambulance and taken away.他被抬進救護車中拉走了。drive開救護車AMBULANCE + VERBbe on its way救護車在路上Don't worry-the ambulance is on its way.別擔心 - 救護車在路上了。arrive, come救護車到達;救護車到來When the ambulance came, I carried her out to it.救護車到來時,我把她背到了車上。AMBULANCE + NOUNservice (especially BrE) 救護車服務crew, personnel, staff (BrE) 救護車(全體)工作人員driver救護車司機man, paramedic, technician, worker (all BrE) (救護車上的)救護人員;(救護車上的)護理人員;(救護車上的)醫師chief, spokesman (both BrE) 救護車的負責人;救護車的發言人station (BrE) 救護站trust (BrE) 救護車信託公司the region's three ambulance trusts該地區的 3 家救護車信託公司chaser (figurative, especially NAmE) 慫恿受害人起訴的律師;唯利是圖的人Her attorney is nothing more than an ambulance chaser.她的律師只不過是個唯利是圖的人。PREPOSITIONby ambulance用救護車She was rushed to hospital by ambulance.她被救護車緊急送往醫院。Eloise was taken by ambulance to St Mary's Hospital.埃洛伊絲被救護車送往聖瑪麗醫院。in an/the ambulance在救護車裏He went in the ambulance with Louise.他和路易絲一起乘救護車去了。

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