a doctor who is trained to perform surgery (= medical operations that involve cutting open a person’s body) 外科医生 a brain/heart surgeon 脑/心外科医生 Surgeons performed two operations on him yesterday. 昨天医生为他做了两个手术。
Extra ExamplesTopics Medicineb2, Jobsb2He is determined to qualify as a surgeon. 他决心取得外科医生资格。 Many people are terrified at the thought of the surgeon's knife. 许多人一想到做手术就害怕。 Surgeons removed her right leg above the knee. 外科医生截去了她右腿膝盖及以下部份。 the surgeon who will operate on you 将为你做手术的医生
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distinguished
- eminent
- leading
- …
- be
- work as
- become
- …
- operate
- perform something
- insert something
- …
- the surgeon’s knife
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French surgien, contraction of Old French serurgien, based on Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirourgia ‘handiwork, surgery’, from kheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’.