A stretcher-bearer is a person who carries one end of a stretcher — the flat bed with handles used to carry someone who is hurt and cannot walk. Because it takes two people, one at each end, a stretcher-bearer almost always works in a pair.

A stretcher-bearer isstretcher-bearer是 a person who carries one end of a stretcher一個負責抬擔架一端的人 — the flat bed with handles used to carry someone who is hurt and cannot walk擔架就是那種有把手、用來搬運受傷又無法走路的人的平板床。Because it takes two people, one at each end因為這需要兩個人、一人抬一端，a stretcher-bearer almost always works in a pair所以stretcher-bearer幾乎都是兩人一組工作的。

The word belongs above all to war: in the First and Second World Wars, stretcher-bearers were soldiers whose job was to run out into the fighting, unarmed, and bring back the wounded. Many of them were men who refused to fight for religious reasons and served this way instead, and they were often killed doing it, so the word carries real weight and respect in English.

The word belongs above all to war這個字最主要用在戰爭裡: in the First and Second World Wars在第一次和第二次世界大戰中, stretcher-bearers were soldiers whose job was to run out into the fighting, unarmed, and bring back the woundedstretcher-bearer是那些沒有武器、要衝進戰場把傷兵抬回來的士兵。Many of them were men who refused to fight for religious reasons and served this way instead他們有許多人是因為宗教理由拒絕拿槍作戰、才改用這種方式服役, and they were often killed doing it而且常常在做這件事時喪命, so the word carries real weight and respect in English所以這個字在英文裡帶有沉重而受人敬重的份量。

You also meet it in mountain rescue and at large public events, and in reports of disasters. It is a slightly old-fashioned word now; today's hospitals and ambulances use 'paramedic' for the trained people who do this and much more.

You also meet it in mountain rescue and at large public events, and in reports of disasters你在山難救援、大型公開活動，還有災難報導裡也會看到這個字。It is a slightly old-fashioned word now這個字現在聽起來有點過時了；today's hospitals and ambulances use 'paramedic'現在醫院和救護車會用'paramedic'（緊急醫療員）這個詞 for the trained people who do this and much more來稱呼受過訓練、做的事更多的人。

Written with a hyphen, and the plural is stretcher-bearers.

Written with a hyphen這個字中間要加連字號, and the plural is stretcher-bearers複數是stretcher-bearers。