a separate room or area in a hospital for people with the same type of medical condition 病房；病室 a maternity/surgical/psychiatric/children’s ward 产科/外科/精神病/儿童病房 - on the ward
He worked as a nurse on the children's ward. 他在儿科病房当护士。
Extra ExamplesTopics Medicinec1How many midwives are on the ward? 产房里有多少助产士？ She spent five days in the maternity ward. 她在产科病房住了 5 天。 The doctor was doing her morning ward round. 医生在进行上午的查房。
(in the UK) one of the areas into which a city or town is divided and which elects and is represented by a member of the local council （英国城市中可选出一位地方议员的）区，选区 - (
law 法律 a person, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of a court or another person (called a guardian) 受监护人（受法院或监护人保护的人，尤指儿童）
Word OriginOld English weard (originally referring to ‘the action of keeping a lookout for danger’, also ‘body of guards’), weardian ‘keep safe, guard’, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old Northern French warde (noun), warder (verb) ‘guard’.