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wheelchair

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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wheel·chair /ˈwiːltʃeə $ -tʃer/ ●●○ noun [countable]  wheelchair.jpg MHa chair with wheels, used by people who cannot walk 轮椅in a wheelchair He’ll be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. 他的余生都将在轮椅上度过。 Lynn has been confined to a wheelchair (=has had to use a wheelchair) for the last year. 过去一年中林恩都被困在轮椅上。 special parking for wheelchair users 坐轮椅人士的专用停车位4  See picture of 见图 CHAIR 15 see picture at 见图 chair1
Examples from the Corpus
wheelchairOne night a man showed up in a wheelchair.Despite being restricted to a wheelchair he retains his cheerfulness and was always at Hove when Sussex played Warwickshire.His wheelchair and other equipment, purchased from donations to the rehab center, cost $ 1,175.Funds are also needed to provide wheelchairs and synthesizers.He lolls back against the wheelchair.He gingerly lifted himself out of the wheelchair.Paul is handcuffed to the wheelchair.in a wheelchairBut being in a wheelchair doesn't stop them having fun - or falling for the leading man.Some came in wheelchairs or on crutches.Mr Taylor arrived at Heathrow in a wheelchair to be greeted by organisers and his girlfriend Veruschka Hoffman.A dummy made of a diving suit, sitting in a wheelchair and wrapped with cloth was stuck with safety pins.Replace it with a picture of an elderly woman in a wheelchair desiring relief from chronic pain.
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wheelchair
wheelchair /ˈwiːltʃeə $ -tʃer/ noun [countable]

a chair with wheels, used by people who cannot walk
    in a wheelchair
    He’ll be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
    Lynn has been confined to a wheelchair (=has had to use a wheelchair) for the last year.
    special parking for wheelchair users


wheel·chairBrE /ˈwiːltʃeə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwiːltʃer/ 🔊 nouna special chair with wheels, used by people who cannot walk because of illness, an accident, etc. 轮椅Does the hotel have wheelchair access? 这家旅馆有轮椅通道吗?🔊🔊He's been confined to a wheelchair since the accident. 他从那次出事以后就离不开轮椅了。🔊🔊wheelchair users坐轮椅的人