defibrillator

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defibrillator — 名詞

  • defibrillatorsingular
  • defibrillatorsplural

1. a portable medical device that sends a carefully controlled pulse of electricity

1.名詞B2
釋義

電擊器

使心臟恢復正常跳動的醫療儀器

a portable medical device that sends a carefully controlled pulse of electricity to the chest, designed to make a dangerously irregular or stopped heart begin beating steadily again

例句

A passenger collapsed at the airport, so a guard fetched the defibrillator from the wall.

一名乘客在機場倒下，警衛從牆上取下電擊器。

collocation: fetch / grab the defibrillator

Hana checked that the emergency defibrillator in the clinic was ready before the surgery began.

Hana 確認診所裡的緊急電擊器在開心手術前已經準備妥當。

typical context: checking equipment before surgery

常見搭配
  • portable defibrillator
  • emergency defibrillator
  • automated external defibrillator
  • defibrillator pads
  • defibrillator unit
同義詞
  • AED

    short for 'automated external defibrillator'; refers specifically to portable public-access devices

  • cardiac defibrillator

    more formal medical term for the same device

  • heart starter

    informal or colloquial term

用法筆記

Frequently found in public spaces under the name AED (automated external defibrillator). In a hospital setting the device may be built into a larger patient monitor.

常見錯誤

The nurse used a defibrillation to restart his heart.
The nurse used a defibrillator to restart his heart.
'defibrillation' is the medical procedure; a 'defibrillator' is the device that delivers the shock.
The doctor placed defibrillator on the patient's chest.
The doctor placed the defibrillator on the patient's chest.
'defibrillator' is a countable noun and needs a determiner such as 'a' or 'the'.

同根字

  • defibrillate
    動詞C2
  • defibrillation
    名詞C2
  • defibrillated
    形容詞C2

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常用片語

  • portable defibrillator
  • emergency defibrillator
  • automated external defibrillator
  • implantable defibrillator
  • public-access defibrillator

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