单词详解

1. n.

A. [C] 病房，病室 (block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care)
He was put in an isolation ward. 他被安置到隔离病房。

The patient lay quietly on his bed in the medical ward. 病人安静地躺在内科病房的床上。

There are two nurses in every ward. 每个病房里有两个护士。

B. [C]【律】受监护的未成年人(或疯人等) (a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another)
The courts made him a ward of his uncle. 法院指定他舅父为他的监护人。

After his parents died, the boy was made his uncle’s ward.

双亲去世后，小男孩由其叔叔监护。

2. vt.

保护，守卫 ( watch over or shield from danger or harm, protect)

The soldiers warded over the president’s office. 士兵们守护着总统府。

3.-ward (后缀suf. )

A. (形容词词尾) 表示“向……的”

downward向下的，下降的

B. (副词词尾) 表示“向……地”(=wards)

backwards向后，倒   inward向内，内心的

相关单词

过去式：warded

过去分词：warded

现在分词：warding

第三人称单数：wards