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sanatorium

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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san·a·to·ri·um /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/ noun (plural sanatoria /-riə/ or sanatoriums) [countable] old-fashioned  MHa type of hospital for sick people who are getting better after a long illness but still need rest and a lot of care 疗养院 SYN American English sanitarium
Examples from the Corpus
sanatoriumAll I had to do was make like a patient in a sanatorium.Although he returned to the School staff after the war, he was later compelled to spend some time in a sanatorium.Thinking of the frail figure sitting in the gloomy room at the sanatorium, trusting the great Bonanza.I see her picture in the paper, then I holler copper and tell them this is the dame from the sanatorium.If that decision has now put him in the casualty ward, it has equally kept him from the sanatorium.By inventing this yarn about the time Connie left the sanatorium, you've tied yourself right in this thing.Reporters and photographers were swarming all over the sanatorium that day.The sanatorium was opened only in 1941.
Origin sanatorium (1800-1900) Modern Latin Late Latin sanatorius acting as a cure, from Latin sanare to cure, from sanus; → SANE
san·a·to·ri·um nounChineseSyllable
for type are Corpus people who sick a of hospital


sanatorium
sanatorium /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/ noun (plural sanatoria /-riə/ or sanatoriums) [countable] old-fashioned
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Modern Latin
 Origin: Late Latin sanatorius 'acting as a cure', from Latin sanare 'to cure', from sanus; sane
a type of hospital for sick people who are getting better after a long illness but still need rest and a lot of care
   SYN  sanitarium American English
     
THESAURUS
    hospital a large building where sick or injured people receive medical treatment: He was taken by ambulance to the local hospital. | the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford | a mental hospital
    medical center American English a large hospital, which often has many different departments, including areas for research: a discovery by doctors at the New England Medical Center
    clinic a place, often in a hospital, where medical treatment and advice is given to people who do not need to stay in a hospital: a family-planning clinic (=which gives people help and advice about birth control) | a special clinic for people with drug and alcohol problems
    hospice a special hospital for people who are dying: They are hoping to raise funds to build a hospice for sick and dying children.
    nursing home/old people's home (also home) a place where people who are old and ill can live and be looked after, by nurses: She doesn't want to end up in a nursing home.
    sanatorium a place where people recovering after a long illness were sent in the past, so that they could rest and receive special care: He was sent to a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.


sana·tor·iumBrE /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/ 🔊 (NAmE also sani·tar·ium BrE /ˌsænəˈteəriəm/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsænəˈteriəm/ 🔊) noun (
plural
sana·tor·iums
, sana·toria BrE /ˌsænəˈtɔːriə/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsænəˈtɔːriə/ 🔊 , NAmE also sani·taria BrE /ˌsænəˈteəriə/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsænəˈteriə/ 🔊
)
a place like a hospital where patients who have a lasting illness or who are getting better after an illness are treated 疗养院;休养所