ward

noun
🔊/wɔːd/
🔊/wɔːrd/
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  1. 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妇产科/外科科/精神科/儿童病房
    • on the ward He worked as a nurse on the children's ward.他在儿科病房当护士。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
    Topics Medicinec1
  2. (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
  3. (law法律) a person, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of a court or another person (called a guardian受监护人(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。🔊🔊
    Topics Life stagesc2
  4. 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’.

ward

verb
🔊/wɔːd/
🔊/wɔːrd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ward
🔊/wɔːd/
🔊/wɔːrd/
he / she / it wards
🔊/wɔːdz/
🔊/wɔːrdz/
past simple warded
🔊/ˈwɔːdɪd/
🔊/ˈwɔːrdɪd/
past participle warded
🔊/ˈwɔːdɪd/
🔊/ˈwɔːrdɪd/
-ing form warding
🔊/ˈwɔːdɪŋ/
🔊/ˈwɔːrdɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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