medic

/ˈmedɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmedɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈme-dik/ (ame, mw)

medic — noun

  • medicsingular
  • medicsplural

1. a soldier whose job is to give emergency medical help to injured troops, often o

1.名詞C1
釋義

a soldier whose job is to give emergency medical help to injured troops, often on or near a battlefield.

例句

Two combat medics rushed forward to treat the wounded soldier under enemy fire.

collocation: combat medic

Christopher trained for nine months before deploying as a field medic in Afghanistan.

collocation: field medic + deploy as

同義詞
  • corpsman

    US Navy and Marine equivalent; more specific to those branches.

  • paramedic

    civilian first-responder; trained for ambulance and emergency-scene care, not battlefield care.

文法句型

combat medic

field medic

用法筆記

Subject is usually a branch of the armed forces (army, navy, marine) or specific battlefield role (combat, field). Civilian first-responders are normally called 'paramedics' or 'EMTs', not 'medics'.

常見錯誤

❌I called the medic when my grandfather fell at home.
✅I called the paramedic when my grandfather fell at home.
💡outside the military, the standard word for an emergency responder is 'paramedic'.
❌She works as a medic at the city hospital.
✅She works as a doctor / nurse / paramedic at the city hospital.
💡'medic' alone rarely names a civilian hospital role.

2. an informal British word for a doctor, or for a university student who is studyi

2.名詞C1
釋義

an informal British word for a doctor, or for a university student who is studying to become a doctor.

例句

Élise is a third-year medic at Edinburgh and spends most weekends on hospital placements.

context: university student of medicine

The medics in our flat survive on instant noodles during exam season.

plural informal use among students

同義詞
  • doctor

    the standard, formal word; works in any register.

  • medical student

    precise term for someone still in training; less casual than 'medic'.

  • physician

    formal, more common in American English and clinical writing.

文法句型

informal noun

用法筆記

Mainly British and informal. Distinguish from sense 1 by context: civilian university, hospital, or social settings point to this sense; battlefield or armed-forces settings point to sense 1.

常見錯誤

❌Aaron is studying to be a medic in a formal university brochure.
✅Aaron is studying to be a doctor in a formal university brochure.
💡in formal writing, prefer 'doctor' or 'medical student'.