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An infirmary is a place where sick or people are looked after - it's a smaller, simpler word than 'hospital'. You'll often meet it attached to schools, colleges, prisons, or the army, meaning a small room or building on-site to treat minor sickness or injury before someone maybe needs a real hospital.
醫務室(學校、軍隊等附設的)
組成in- (not) + firm (strong) + -ary (a place for). Literally, 'a place for the not-strong'.
同家族的字
- infirmcontains the word 'infirm', meaning physically weak, especially from old age or illness
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
infirmarynoun/ɪnˈfɝməɹi/
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A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
- There shall be provided an infirmary or a place for the treatment of sick detained person in every place of detention.
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A clinic or dispensary within another institution.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。