blood pressure
blood pressure — 名詞
1. the force created as blood pushes through your veins and arteries, often checked
血壓
血液推擠血管壁時的壓力
the force created as blood pushes through your veins and arteries, often checked to judge your health
The nurse checked Hana's blood pressure before the doctor came in.
醫師進來前，護理師先量了 Hana 的血壓。
check [someone's] blood pressure
After climbing the stairs, Omar's blood pressure was a little higher.
爬完樓梯後，Omar 的血壓高了一點。
blood pressure was higher after exercise
Too much salt can raise blood pressure over time in some adults.
吃太多鹽，久了可能會讓一些成年人的血壓升高。
The machine stores your blood pressure results for the next clinic visit.
這台機器會把你的血壓結果存起來，留到下次門診再看。
During the pregnancy checkup, the midwife watched Linh's blood pressure closely.
產檢時，助產士一直仔細注意 Linh 的血壓。
- BP
common medical shorthand in notes and casual hospital speech
- blood pressure reading
refers more specifically to one measured result, not the general condition
文法句型
check blood pressure
blood pressure is high/low
raise/lower blood pressure
用法筆記
Usually treated as uncountable when you mean the measurement in general. For one result, speakers often say 'a blood pressure reading' or give the number directly.