ward
noun/wɔːd/
/wɔːrd/
- a separate room or area in a hospital for people with the same type of medical condition
病房；病室 - a maternity/surgical/psychiatric/children’s ward
产科／外科／精神科／儿科病房 - on the ward He worked as a nurse on the children's ward.
他在儿科病房当护士。
Wordfinder- A & E
- admit
- consultant
- doctor
- hospital
- ICU
- inpatient
- nurse
- operation
- ward
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcarec1- How many midwives are on the ward?
产房里有多少助产士？ - She spent five days in the maternity ward.
她在产科病房住了 5 天。 - The doctor was doing her morning ward round.
医生在进行上午的查房。
- a maternity/surgical/psychiatric/children’s ward
- (in the UK) one of the areas into which a city or town is divided and which elects and is represented by a member of the local council
（英国城市中可选出一位地方议员的）区，选区 - (law) a person, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of a court or another person (called a guardian)
被监护人（受法院或监护人保护的人，尤指儿童） - The child was made a ward of court.
这个孩子由法院监护。
- The child was made a ward of court.
Word OriginOld English weard (originally referring to ‘the action of keeping a lookout for danger’, also ‘body of guards’), weardian ‘keep safe, guard’, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old Northern French warde (noun), warder (verb) ‘guard’.