nursing home

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ˈnursing home noun [countable] MHa place where people who are old and ill can live and be looked after 养老院；疗养院 SYN old people’s home

Examples from the Corpus

nursing home• Trading places: Staff and residents at a nursing home near Middleton St George have raised more than £120 by trading places.• After a lengthy period of care at home, she was first admitted to hospital, then to a nursing home.• Only the building industry is happy as nursing home construction begins to equal prison construction.• Medicaid finances health care for poor families, many of the disabled and many elderly nursing home patients.• Mr Davies said the hotel would make an ideal nursing home with little need for alterations.

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nursing home
ˈnursing home

noun [countable]
a place where people who are old and ill can live and be looked after
SYN old people’s home

nursing home

BrE

/ˈnɜːsɪŋ həʊm/

NAmE

/ˈnɜːrsɪŋ hoʊm/

noun

a small private hospital, especially one where old people live and are cared for 小型私立疗养院；（尤指）私立养老院

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Becoming ill 生病

catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/(BrE) flu/pneumonia/a virus/(informal) a bug 染上感冒／传染病／流感／肺炎／病毒／小毛病
get (BrE) ill/(NAmE) sick/a disease/AIDS/breast cancer/a cold/the flu/(BrE) flu/a migraine 患病／艾滋病／乳腺癌／感冒／流感／偏头痛
come down with a cold/the flu/(BrE) flu 得了感冒／流感
contract a deadly disease/a serious illness/HIV/AIDS 感染致命疾病／严重疾病／艾滋病病毒／艾滋病
be infected with a virus/a parasite/HIV 受病毒／寄生虫／艾滋病病毒感染
develop cancer/diabetes/a rash/an ulcer/symptoms of hepatitis 患上癌症／糖尿病／皮疹／溃疡；出现肝炎症状
have a heart attack/a stroke 心脏病／中风发作
provoke/trigger/produce an allergic reaction 引起／产生过敏反应
block/burst/rupture a blood vessel 使血管阻塞／破裂
damage/sever a nerve/an artery/a tendon 损伤／切断神经／动脉／肌腱

feel (BrE) ill/sick/nauseous/queasy 感到不适／想吐／恶心
be running (BrE) a temperature/(NAmE) a fever 发烧
have a head cold/diabetes/heart disease/lung cancer/a headache/(BrE) a high temperature/(NAmE) a fever 患伤风感冒／糖尿病／心脏病／肺癌；头痛；发烧
suffer from asthma/malnutrition/frequent headaches/bouts of depression/a mental disorder 患哮喘／营养不良症／经常性头痛／多发性抑郁症／精神错乱
be laid up with/ (BrE) be in bed with a cold/the flu/(BrE) flu/a migraine 因感冒／流感／偏头痛而卧床休息
nurse a cold/a headache/a hangover 调治感冒／头痛／宿醉
battle/fight cancer/depression/addiction/alcoholism 与癌症／抑郁症作斗争；戒瘾；戒酒

examine a patient 给病人做检查
diagnose a condition/disease/disorder 诊断疾病
be diagnosed with cancer/diabetes/schizophrenia 诊断为癌症／糖尿病／精神分裂症
prescribe/be given/be on/take drugs/medicine/medication/pills/painkillers/antibiotics 开／得到／服用药／药片／止痛药／抗生素
treat sb for cancer/depression/shock 治疗某人的癌症／抑郁症／休克
have/undergo an examination/an operation/surgery/a kidney transplant/therapy/chemotherapy/treatment for cancer 接受检查／手术／外科手术／肾移植手术／治疗／化疗／癌症治疗
have/be given an injection/(BrE) a flu jab/(NAmE) a flu shot/a blood transfusion/a scan/an X-ray 打针；接种流感疫苗；接受输血；做扫描检查；照 X 光
cure a disease/an ailment/cancer/a headache/a patient 治疗疾病／病痛／癌症／头痛／病人
prevent the spread of disease/further outbreaks/damage to the lungs 防止疾病扩散／疾病进一步爆发／对肺部造成伤害
be vaccinated against the flu/(BrE) flu/the measles/(BrE) measles/polio/smallpox 接种流感／麻疹／小儿麻痹症／天花疫苗
enhance/boost/confer/build immunity to a disease 增加对疾病的免疫力