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accident and emergency

noun
🔊/ˌæksɪdənt ən ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi/
🔊/ˌæksɪdənt ən ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi/
 [uncountable]
(abbreviation A & E)
(British English)
(North American English emergency room [countable])
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  1. the part of a hospital where people who need immediate treatment are taken（医院）急诊室
    • The teenager was rushed to accident and emergency.这位少年被送往事故和紧急状态。
    • the hospital accident and emergency department医院的急诊部
    see also casualty
    Extra Examples
    • one of the busiest accident and emergency departments in Scotland苏格兰最繁忙的急救室之一
    • the closure of the hospital's accident and emergency department医院的事故和急诊部门关闭
    Topics Medicineb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAccident and emergency is used before these nouns:
    • admission
    • department
    • unit
    • …
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