ward1 /wɔːd $ wɔːrd/ ●●○ W3 noun [countableC]1 MHa large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay 〔醫院内的〕病房maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (=a ward for people with a particular medical condition) 産科/普通/老年科等病房
on/in the warda young nurse's first day on the wards 第一天進入病房的年輕護士
the other patients in the ward 病房裏的其他病人
3 lawSSCSCL someone, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of another person or of a law court 被監護人〔尤指兒童〕She was made a ward of court. 她被判由法院監護。