a vehicle specially equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from hospital, especially in emergencies 救护车 [as modifier]the ambulance service. 救护车服务。
verb
[with obj. and adverbial of direction]convey (someone) somewhere in an ambulance 用救护车送(人) he was ambulanced to accident and emergency. 他被救护车送到医院事故急救室。
语源
early 19th cent.: French, from hôpital ambulant 'mobile (horse-drawn) field hospital', from Latin ambulant- 'walking' (see ambulant)