ambulance

ambulance
noun
  1. 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
  1. [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
  1. early 19th cent.: French, from hôpital ambulant 'mobile (horse-drawn) field hospital', from Latin ambulant- 'walking' (see ambulant)
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