A band tied tightly around an injured arm or leg, above the wound, to squeeze the blood vessels shut and stop heavy bleeding. It can be a proper medical device with a strap and a rod you twist, or in an emergency a belt, a scarf, or a strip of cloth with a stick pushed through and turned. That twisting is the whole idea of the word.

above the wound在傷口上方, a band緊緊綁著的一條帶子 tied tightly around an injured arm or leg纏在受傷的手臂或腿上, to squeeze the blood vessels shut and stop heavy bleeding用來壓住血管、止住大量出血. It它 can be可以是 a proper medical device一個正式的醫療器材 with a strap and a rod you twist有帶子和一根可以轉動的桿子, or或 in an emergency緊急時 a belt皮帶, a scarf圍巾, or或 a strip of cloth with a stick pushed through and turned一條布加一根棍子穿過去轉緊. That twisting這個轉緊的動作 is is the whole idea of the word就是這個字的核心概念.

You meet it in first-aid courses, in war and accident reporting, and in hospital talk; a nurse also uses the word for the softer band tied on your upper arm to make a vein stand up before taking blood, which stops nothing and only holds the blood back a moment.

You你會 meet it在 in first-aid courses急救課程, in war and accident reporting戰爭和意外報導, and和 in hospital talk醫院裡的談話中 遇到它; a nurse護理師 also也 uses the word用這個字 for the softer band tied on your upper arm指綁在你上臂上比較鬆的那條帶子 to make a vein stand up before taking blood讓血管在抽血前浮出來, which這 stops nothing不會止住任何東西 and只 only holds the blood back a moment短暫地擋住血流一下.

English says it roughly "TOOR-ni-kay" in British English and often "TUR-ni-kit" in American English — both are normal.

English says it roughly英文大概念成 "TOOR-ni-kay" in British English英式英文, and而 often在美式英文常念成 "TUR-ni-kit" in American English — both兩種 are是 normal都正常.

People also use it as a picture in writing: a tourniquet on spending, meaning something clamped hard to stop a loss.

People人們 also也 use it用這個字 as a picture in writing當作寫作裡的比喻: a tourniquet on spending對支出的tourniquet, meaning意思是 something clamped hard to stop a loss緊緊夾住某樣東西以阻止損失擴大.