stretcher

/ˈstretʃə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [strˈɛtʃɚ] /ˈstretʃər/ (ame, ipa) · [strˈɛtʃɚ] /ˈstre-chər How to pronounce stretcher (audio)/ (ame, mw)

stretcher — 名詞

  • stretchersingular
  • stretchersplural

1. a portable support used to move someone who is too sick, hurt, or weak to walk

1.名詞B2
釋義

擔架

載送傷病者的便攜支架

a portable support used to move someone who is too sick, hurt, or weak to walk

例句

Daichi and two firefighters lifted the hiker onto a stretcher beside the trail.

Daichi 和兩名消防員在山路旁把那名健行者抬上擔架。

onto a stretcher

The injured skier was strapped to a stretcher before the helicopter arrived.

那名受傷的滑雪客在直升機抵達前被固定在擔架上。

同義詞
  • gurney

    often means a hospital stretcher with wheels

  • litter

    more formal and common in rescue or military writing

文法句型

onto a stretcher

on a stretcher

load a stretcher into an ambulance

用法筆記

Usually appears in medical or rescue situations. A person lies on a stretcher, while staff lift, carry, or load the stretcher itself.

常見錯誤

They carried him in a stretcher.
They carried him on a stretcher.
💡Use 'on' because the person lies on top of it.

2. a wooden support that keeps canvas pulled tight while an artist prepares or pain

2.名詞C1
釋義

畫布框

把畫布拉緊固定的木框

a wooden support that keeps canvas pulled tight while an artist prepares or paints it

例句

Rohan checked the stretcher before pulling the new canvas across it.

Rohan 在把新畫布拉上去前先檢查了畫布框。

stretch canvas over a stretcher

The art teacher showed us how to staple the canvas to the stretcher.

美術老師示範怎樣把畫布釘到畫布框上。

staple canvas to a stretcher

文法句型

stretch canvas over a stretcher

staple canvas to a stretcher

wooden stretcher

用法筆記

Used in art contexts for the inner support under raw canvas. Distinguish from an outer frame, which usually surrounds a finished picture.

常見錯誤

The painter put the picture on a frame before starting.
The painter stretched the canvas over a stretcher before starting.
💡A stretcher holds raw canvas, while a frame usually surrounds a finished painting.

stretcher — 動詞