hospital
US: /ˈhɑˌspɪtəɫ/
UK: /hˈɒspɪtəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
hospital /'hɔspitl/- danh từ
- bệnh viện, nhà thương
- tổ chức từ thiện, tổ chức cứu tế (chỉ dùng với danh từ riêng)
- Christ's Hospital
- trường Crai-xơ Hốt-xpi-tơn (tên một trường ở Luân-ddôn)
- (sử học) nhà tế bần
Advanced English dictionary
+ nouna large building where people who are ill/sick or injured are given medical treatment and care: (BrE) He had to go to hospital for treatment. + (AmE) He had to go to the hospital for treatment. + to be admitted to (the) hospital + to be discharged from (the) hospital + The injured were rushed to (the) hospital in an ambulance. + He died in (the) hospital. + I'm going to the hospital to visit my brother. + a psychiatric / mental hospital + hospital doctors / nurses / staff + There is an urgent need for more day care centres and more hospital beds.
See also -
BRITISH / AMERICAN
hospital
In BrE you say to hospital or in hospital when you are a patient: I had to go to hospital. + She spent two weeks in hospital.
In AmE you need to use the: I had to go to the hospital. + She spent two weeks in the hospital.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
medical centre, health centre, infirmary, clinic, polyclinic, dispensary, sickbay; asylum, sanatorium, nursing home, convalescent home or facility, US sanitarium:
With that wound, you ought to be in a hospital.
Collocation
ADJ.
community, district, local | NHS, private | day, long-stay | general | children's, maternity, mental, psychiatric, etc. | teaching
VERB + HOSPITAL
go into/to
He's had to go into hospital rather suddenly.
| rush sb to, take sb to | admit sb to, readmit sb to | stay in | come out of, leave
She came out of hospital this morning.
| discharge sb from
HOSPITAL + NOUN
doctor, staff | inpatient, outpatient, patient | care, services, treatment | clinic, unit, ward | bed | admission, stay
PREP.
at a/the ~
She works at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
| in (a/the) ~
He is in hospital recovering from a heart operation. I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital.
| to (a/the) ~
He's been taken to hospital for tests. We went to the hospital to visit my gran.
PHRASES
admission to hospital, a stay in hospital
Concise dictionary
hospitals'hɑspɪtl /'hɒs-noun
+a health facility where patients receive treatment
+a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
