a vehicle with special equipment, used for taking sick or injured people to a hospital 救护车 Call an ambulance! 叫救护车! the ambulance service 救护车服务 The ambulance crew rushed her to the hospital. 救护人员将她紧急送往医院。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryb2, Medicineb2An ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident. 救护车被派到事故现场。 Don't worry—the ambulance is on its way. 别担心 - 救护车在路上了。 He was put into an ambulance and taken away. 他被抬进救护车中拉走了。 He went in the ambulance with Lizzy. 他和莉齐一起上了救护车。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- air
- field
- land
- …
- call (for)
- get
- phone (for)
- …
- be on its way
- arrive
- come
- …
- service
- crew
- personnel
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- by ambulance
- in an/the ambulance
Word Originearly 19th cent.: French, from hôpital ambulant ‘mobile (horse-drawn) field hospital’, from Latin ambulant- ‘walking’, from ambulare.