call an ambulance• After taking an overdose he told his neighbour what he had done and she called an ambulance.• They called an ambulance and he was helped into it.• The 86-year-old had to call an ambulance when her carerfailed to turn up.• She would need to call an ambulancestraight away.
Originambulance
(1800-1900)French“place near a battle where wounds are treated”, from ambulant“walking”, from Latinambulare; → AMBLE
ADJECTIVE | VERB + AMBULANCE | AMBULANCE + VERB | AMBULANCE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤air, field, land救護飛機;戰地救護車;陸上救護車◇He had to be flown by air ambulance to a Las Vegas hospital.他被迫由救護飛機送往拉斯維加斯的一家醫院。➤emergency (especially BrE) 急救車➤waiting正在等候的救護車◇I was put straight into a waiting ambulance and rushed to the hospital.我被直接抬進等在一旁的救護車中,然後飛速送往醫院。VERB + AMBULANCE➤call (for), get, phone (for), ring (for), telephone (for) (BrE) 叫救護車;打電話叫救護車◇Quick, call an ambulance!快,叫輛救護車!➤send派救護車◇An ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident.救護車被派到事故現場。➤load sb into, put sb in, put sb into將某人抬進救護車;將某人放進救護車◇He was put into an ambulance and taken away.他被抬進救護車中拉走了。➤drive開救護車AMBULANCE + VERB➤be on its way救護車在路上◇Don't worry-the ambulance is on its way.別擔心 - 救護車在路上了。➤arrive, come救護車到達;救護車到來◇When the ambulance came, I carried her out to it.救護車到來時,我把她背到了車上。AMBULANCE + NOUN➤service (especially BrE) 救護車服務▸➤crew, personnel, staff (BrE) 救護車(全體)工作人員▸➤driver救護車司機➤man, paramedic, technician, worker (all BrE) (救護車上的)救護人員;(救護車上的)護理人員;(救護車上的)醫師➤chief, spokesman (both BrE) 救護車的負責人;救護車的發言人▸➤station (BrE) 救護站➤trust (BrE) 救護車信託公司◇the region's three ambulance trusts該地區的 3 家救護車信託公司➤chaser (figurative, especially NAmE) 慫恿受害人起訴的律師;唯利是圖的人◇Her attorney is nothing more than an ambulance chaser.她的律師只不過是個唯利是圖的人。PREPOSITION➤by ambulance用救護車◇She was rushed to hospital by ambulance.她被救護車緊急送往醫院。◇Eloise was taken by ambulance to St Mary's Hospital.埃洛伊絲被救護車送往聖瑪麗醫院。➤in an/the ambulance在救護車裏◇He went in the ambulance with Louise.他和路易絲一起乘救護車去了。