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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary am·bu·lance ETYMOLOGY French, from (hôpital) ambulant, literally, ambulant field hospital, from ambulant itinerant, from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulare DATE 1809 : a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick English Etymology ambulance 1809, "mobile or field hospital," from Fr. (hôpital) ambulant, lit."walking (hospital)," from L. ambulans (gen. ambulantis), from ambulare "to walk" (see amble). Not common until meaning transferred from "field hospital" to "vehicle for conveying wounded from field" (1854) during the Crimean War. Ambulance-chaser as a contemptuous term for a type of lawyer dates from 1897. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ ambulance am·bu·lance / 5AmbjElEns / noun a vehicle with special equipment, used for taking sick or injured people to a hospital 救护车: the ambulance service 救护车服务 ambulance staff 救护车全体人员 Call an ambulance! 叫一辆救护车！ Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English ambulance noun ADJ. air VERB + AMBULANCE call (for), get, phone/ring/telephone for, send for Quick, call an ambulance! | drive AMBULANCE + VERB be on its way Don't worry?the ambulance is on its way. | arrive, come When the ambulance came, I carried her out. AMBULANCE + NOUN service | crew, staff | driver, man, worker | station PREP. by ~ She was rushed to hospital by air ambulance. | in an/the~ He went in the ambulance with Lizzy. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: ambulance chaser , or field ambulance am·bu·lance \ˈambyələn(t)s, ˈaam-, chiefly substand -bəl-\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, field hospital, from ambulant itinerant, traveling (especially as used in the term hôpital ambulant field hospital, literally, traveling hospital), from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulare to walk — more at amble 1. : a vehicle equipped for transporting wounded, injured, or sick persons or animals 2. : a passenger vehicle formerly used in the western United States |
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