ward 1 W3 / wɔd $ wɔrd / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay

maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (= a ward for people with a particular medical condition )

on/in the ward

a young nurse in her first day on the wards

the other patients in the ward

2 one of the small areas that a city has been divided into for the purpose of local elections → constituency

3 law someone, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of another person or of a law court :

She was made a ward of court .

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.