infirmary
infirmary 英 [ɪnˈfɜ:məri] 美 [ɪnˈfɜrməri]
n. 医务室；医院
名词复数:infirmaries
- An infirmary is a hospital, or the area of an institution that's used as a hospital. If you come down with chickenpox at summer camp, you might have to spend a few nights in the camp infirmary.
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- n. 医务室；医院
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1. My little brother was taken to the infirmary.
我的小弟弟被送进医院。
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2. Go in the infirmary, and kill Epping.
在医务室里干掉艾平。
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3. I did get a call from the prison infirmary.
我的确有接到监狱医务室打来的电话。
- infirmary (n.) mid-15c., "sick bay in a monastery," formerly also enfermerie, also firmary, fermery, from Old French enfermerie "hospital" and directly from Medieval Latin infirmaria "a place for the infirm," from Latin infirmus "weak, frail," (see infirm). According to OED, the common name for a public hospital in 18c. England.
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