ambulance ●●●●●
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am‧bu‧lance /ˈæmbjələns, ˈæmbjʊləns/ noun [countable]
▼ ادامه توضیحات دیکشنری؛ پس از بنر تبلیغاتی ▼
English Dictionaryam‧bu‧lance S3 /ˈæmbjələns, ˈæmbjʊləns/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: 'place near a battle where wounds are treated', from ambulant 'walking', from Latin ambulare; ⇒ amble]
a special vehicle that is used to take people who are ill or injured to hospital:
the ambulance serviceambulance staff/crew/worker The ambulance crew removed him from the wreckage. the ambulance serviceby ambulance Mike had to be taken by ambulance to hospital. Do you think we need to call an ambulance (=phone to ask an ambulance to come)? [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsambulance noun ADJ. air VERB + AMBULANCE call (for), get, phone/ring/telephone for, send for Quick, call an ambulance!
drive AMBULANCE + VERB be on its way Don't worry?the ambulance is on its way.
arrive, come When the ambulance came, I carried her out. AMBULANCE + NOUN service | crew, staff | driver, man, worker | station PREP. by ~ She was rushed to hospital by air ambulance.
in an/the~ He went in the ambulance with Lizzy. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲