tourniquet

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tour·ni·quet /ˈtʊənɪkeɪ, ˈtɔː- $ ˈtɜːrnɪkət, ˈtʊr-/ noun [countable]  MHa band of cloth that is twisted tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding 止血带

Examples from the Corpus

tourniquet• Malpass was still clutching his leg, using his hands as a tourniquet.• She picked up the dress and tore the thin material into several strips, then began to make a tourniquet.• The brigadier tried to stem the flow with a tourniquet.• Efficient emergency treatment relies upon being able to stem the blood loss with a tourniquet around the foot.• Her right arm had gone to sleep below the tourniquet.• She snapped a dry twig from a juniper bush and used it to finish the tourniquet.• Anne unknotted the rubber tubing from her arm, and pulled the tourniquet loose.Origin tourniquet (1600-1700) French “turnstile, tourniquet”, from tourner; → TURN1

tour·ni·quet nounChineseSyllable  

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tourniquet
tour‧ni‧quet /ˈtʊənɪkeɪ, ˈtɔː- $ ˈtɜːrnɪkət, ˈtʊr-/ noun [countable]a band of cloth that is twisted tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding

tour·ni·quetBrE /ˈtʊənɪkeɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɜːrnəkət/ 🔊 nouna piece of cloth, etc. that is tied tightly around an arm or a leg to stop the loss of blood from a wound （扎在手臂或腿上的）止血带