emergency room

noun
🔊/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi ruːm/, 🔊/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi rʊm/
🔊/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi ruːm/, 🔊/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi rʊm/
(abbreviation ER)
(North American English) [countable]
(British English accident and emergency, Canadian English, informal emerg [uncountable])
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  1. the part of a hospital where people who need immediate treatment are taken(医院)急诊室Topics Medicineb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEmergency room is used before these nouns:
    • admission
    • doctor
    • nurse
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