| 释义 |
ward/wɔ:d/ n. & v.●n. 1 a separate room or division of a hospital, prison, etc. 病房；牢房等 men's surgical ward 男外科病房 2a Brit. an administrative division of a constituency, usu. electing a councillor or councillors etc. [英]行政区；选区(通常选议员等) b esp. US a similar administrative division [尤美]类似的行政区 3a a minor under the care of a guardian appointed by the parents or a court (受父母或法庭指定的)监护人监护的未成年人 b (in full 全称 ward of court) a minor or mentally deficient person placed under the protection of a court 受法院保护的未成年人或精神不健全者 4 (in pl. 用复数) the corresponding notches and projections in a key and a lock (钥匙的)齿凹；(锁中相应的)圆凸 5 archaic [古义]a the act of guarding or defending a place etc. 守护；守卫 b the bailey of a castle (城堡的)郭；堡场 c a guardian's control; confinement; custody 监护；监禁 ●v. tr. archaic guard; protect. [古义]守护；保护 □ ward off 1 parry (a blow) 挡开或躲避(打击) 2 avert (danger, poverty, etc.) 避免；防止(危险、贫困等)[Old English weard, weardian from Germanic: reinforced in Middle English by Old Northern French warde, variant of Old French garde GUARD] |