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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary hos·pi·tal USAGE often attributive ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin hospitale hospice, guest house, from neuter of Latin hospitalis of a guest, from hospit-, hospes DATE 14th century 1. a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young 2. an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care — usually used in British English without an article after a preposition 3. a repair shop for specified small objects a clock hospital English Etymology hospital 1242, "shelter for the needy," from O.Fr . hospital "hostel," from L.L. hospitale "guest-house, inn," neut. of L. adj. hospitalis "of a guest or host," from hospes (gen. hospitis); see host (1). Later "charitable institution to house and maintain the needy" (1418); sense of "institution for sick people" is first recorded 1549. Hospitalize is from 1901, "Freq(uently) commented on as an unhappy formation" [OED].http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ hospital hos·pital / 5hCspitl; NAmE 5hB:s- / noun a large building where people who are ill / sick or injured are given medical treatment and care 医院: (BrE) He had to go to hospital for treatment. 他得到医院接受治疗。 (NAmE) He had to go to the hospital for treatment. 他得到医院接受治疗。 to be admitted to (the) hospital 被接受入院 to be discharged from (the) hospital 获准出院 The injured were rushed to (the) hospital in an ambulance. 救护车把伤员火速送往医院。 He died in (the) hospital. 他在医院里去世。 I'm going to the hospital to visit my brother. 我要去医院探望我弟弟。 a psychiatric / mental hospital 精神病院 hospital doctors / nurses / staff 医院医生/护士/职工 There is an urgent need for more hospital beds. 医院床位急需增加。 ⇨ see also cottage hospital Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English hospital noun ADJ. community, district, local | NHS, private | day, long-stay | general | children's, maternity, mental, psychiatric, etc. | teaching VERB + HOSPITAL go into/to He's had to go into hospital rather suddenly. | rush sb to, take sb to | admit sb to, readmit sb to | stay in | come out of, leave She came out of hospital this morning. | discharge sb from HOSPITAL + NOUN doctor, staff | inpatient, outpatient, patient | care, services, treatment | clinic, unit, ward | bed | admission, stay PREP. at a/the ~ She works at the John Radcliffe Hospital. | in (a/the) ~ He is in hospital recovering from a heart operation. I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital. | to (a/the) ~ He's been taken to hospital for tests. We went to the hospital to visit my gran. PHRASES admission to hospital, a stay in hospital Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged hos·pi·tal I. \ˈhä]ˌspi]d.əl, ]təl also ]_spə̇] sometimes ˈhȯ]\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin hospitale, from Latin, bedroom, from neuter of hospitalis of a guest, hospitable, from hospit-, hospes host, stranger, guest + -alis -al — more at host 1. archaic : hospice 1 < an adjacent hospital founded by the princess … for the reception of pilgrims — Horace Walpole > 2. : a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young; specifically : one for the education of the young < received his formal education at Christ's Hospital in London > 3. a. : an institution or place where sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical care — usually used in British English without an article when the object of a preposition < so badly wounded that he died in hospital — Manchester Guardian Weekly > < diagnosed frostbitten toes and removed him immediately to hospital — Alexander Tewnion > — compare clinic , sanatorium b. : a place for the care and treatment of sick or injured animals 4. : a workshop for the repair of any of various small objects < a doll hospital > < a fountain-pen hospital > II. adjective Etymology: Latin hospitalis obsolete : hospitable |
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