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stretcher

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ldoce_321_astretch·er1 /ˈstretʃə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  ldoce_321.png MHa type of bed used for carrying someone who is too injured or ill to walk 担架;担架床5  See picture of STRECHER 担架床4  See picture of 见图 stretcher
Examples from the Corpus
stretcherRight in the middle is a stretcher.A woman who had just given birth was being lifted off a stretcher.I felt a right idiot, being carried out on a stretcher, everybody gawping at me.Buffalo hunters usually worked in parties of four, with one shooter, two skinners, and one hide stretcher and cook.The mortuary van had moved closer to the rim of the hollow and the stretcher was being manoeuvred into place.
stretcher2 verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] British English  CARRYto carry someone on a stretcher 用担架抬送〔某人〕be stretchered off/into etc Ward was stretchered off early in the game. 比赛开始不久,沃德就被人用担架抬下场。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
be stretchered off/into etcSubstitute Warzycha was forced on to the field after only ten minutes after Ward was stretchered off.But Ward was stretchered off with a broken leg after a challenge by Mark Atkins, who was booked for the tackle.Right-winger Alan Linton was the first casualty when he was stretchered off with a double break to a leg after 16 minutes.
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stretcher
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stretcher1 /ˈstretʃə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
a type of bed used for carrying someone who is too injured or ill to walk

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stretcher2 verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] British English
to carry someone on a stretcher
    be stretchered off/into etc
    Ward was stretchered off early in the game.


stretch·erBrE /ˈstretʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstretʃər/ 🔊 nouna long piece of strong cloth with a pole on each side, used for carrying sb who is sick or injured and who cannot walk 担架He was carried off on a stretcher. 他被人用担架抬走了。🔊🔊stretcher cases (= people too badly injured to be able to walk) 必须用担架抬的伤员

accident, ambulance, casualty, first aid, hospital, injure, paramedic, stretcher, victim, witness

stretch·erBrE /ˈstretʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstretʃər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they stretcher BrE /ˈstretʃə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstretʃər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it stretchers BrE /ˈstretʃəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstretʃərz/ 🔊past simple stretchered BrE /ˈstretʃəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstretʃərd/ 🔊past participle stretchered BrE /ˈstretʃəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstretʃərd/ 🔊 -ing form stretchering BrE /ˈstretʃərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstretʃərɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb + adv./prep. [usually passive] to carry sb somewhere on a stretcher 用担架抬He was stretchered off the pitch with a broken leg. 他腿骨折了,从球场上抬了下去。🔊🔊