[English] The Oxford 3000 Most Important Words
Ambulance ˈæmbjələns Call Noun Bre Service Staff Scene
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ambulance |
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BrE / ˈæmbjələns / NAmE / ˈæmbjələns / |
Example |
- the ambulance service
- ambulance staff
- call an ambulance!
- an ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident.
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ambulance(noun)BrE / ˈæmbjələns / NAmE / ˈæmbjələns / - a vehicle with special equipment, used for taking sick or injured people to a hospital
- the ambulance service
- ambulance staff
- Call an ambulance!
Extra Examples- An ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident.
- Don’t worry—the ambulance is on its way.
- He had to be flown by air ambulance to a Las Vegas hospital.
- He was put into an ambulance and taken away.
- He went in the ambulance with Lizzy.
- Her attorney is nothing more than an ambulance chaser.
- I was put straight into a waiting ambulance and rushed to the hospital.
- Quick, call an ambulance!
- She was rushed to hospital by air ambulance.
- When the ambulance came, I carried her out to it.
- the region’s three ambulance trusts
Word Origin- early 19th cent.: French, from hôpital ambulant ‘mobile (horse-drawn) field hospital’, from Latin ambulant- ‘walking’, from ambulare.
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