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casualty

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
casualty /ˈkæʒəwəlti/ noun
plural casualties
casualty
/ˈkæʒəwəlti/
noun
plural casualties
Learner's definition of CASUALTY
[count] : a person who is hurt or killed during an accident, war, etc.伤亡人员
[count] : a person or thing that is harmed, lost, or destroyed : victim受害者;受损物usually + of
[noncount] British : emergency room
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3944 COCA: 4230

casualty

noun

ca·​su·​al·​ty ˈka-zhəl-tē How to pronounce casualty (audio)
ˈkazh-wəl-,
ˈka-zhə-wəl-
plural casualties
1
a
: a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
The army sustained heavy casualties.
b
: a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed : victim
the ex-senator was a casualty of the last election
2
: serious or fatal accident : disaster
losses from fire, storm, or other casualty J. S. Seidman
3
archaic : chance, fortune
losses that befall them by mere casualty Sir Walter Raleigh

Example Sentences

a low number of casualties the real casualties in the war against drugs are millions of innocent children
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Word History

Etymology

see casual entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of casualty was in the 15th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3944 COCA: 4230
casualty

noun¹

1person killed/injured in a war/an accident死者;傷者ADJECTIVE | VERB + CASUALTY | CASUALTY + NOUN ADJECTIVEheavy, high, serious重大傷亡;嚴重傷亡light, low傷亡不大;少量傷亡pedestrian, road (both BrE) 行人傷亡;交通事故傷亡人員civilian, military平民/軍人死傷human人員傷亡VERB + CASUALTYcause, inflict導致/造成傷亡The guerrillas inflicted heavy casualties on the local population.游擊隊使當地居民蒙受重大傷亡。incur, suffer, sustain, take招致傷亡;蒙受傷亡;經受傷亡Our division suffered only light casualties.我們師只有少量傷亡。avoid, minimize, prevent避免傷亡;把傷亡降至最低;防止傷亡CASUALTY + NOUNcount, figures, list, rate傷亡總數;傷亡數字;傷亡名單;傷亡率
casualty

noun²

2 (BrE) part of a hospital醫院VERB + CASUALTY | CASUALTY + NOUN | PREPOSITION VERB + CASUALTYbe admitted to被送進急診室He was admitted to casualty with head injuries.他因為頭部受傷而被送進急診室。rush sb to, take sb to把某人急匆匆地送到/帶某人去急診室CASUALTY + NOUNdepartment, unit, ward急診部;急診室;急診病房PREPOSITIONin casualty在急診室He works as a doctor in casualty.他是急診醫生。

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