u‧nit S2 W2 / junət, junɪt / 名词 [可数名词]

1 group a group of people working together as part of a larger group :

The man is in the hospital’s intensive care unit .

2 measuring an amount of something used as a standard of measurement

unit of

The watt is a unit of electrical power.

3 part a thing, person, or group that is regarded as one single whole part of something larger :

a Russian army unit

unit of

The family is the basic social unit of modern society.

4 part of a book one of the numbered parts into which a textbook (= a book used in schools ) is divided

5 product technical a single complete product made by a company :

The factory’s output is now up to 150,000 units each month.

6 part of a machine a piece of equipment which is part of a larger machine

control/display/filter etc unit

7 furniture a piece of furniture, especially one that can be attached to others of the same type :

fitted kitchen units British English

storage units

8 apartment American English a single apartment in a larger building

9 school/university American English an amount of work that a student needs to do in order to complete a particular course

10 number British English technical any whole number less than ten :

hundreds, tens, and units

THESAURUS

parts of a hospital

A&E/casualty British English , emergency room/ER American English the part of a hospital where people who are injured or who need urgent treatment are brought : A&E waiting times have gone down. | A 33-year-old man was brought to the emergency room in a coma.

operating theatre British English , operating room American English a room in a hospital where operations are done : Mrs Barnett was in the operating theatre for 11 hours while the transplant was carried out.

intensive care the part of a hospital where people who are very seriously ill or badly injured are cared for : Mr Dye is in intensive care with head injuries.

unit part of a hospital where a particular kind of treatment is carried out : the burns unit | the fertility unit

ward a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay : the women’s ward | She works as a nurse on a busy hospital ward.