Stretcher Meaning in English

word

US

/ˈstɹɛtʃɝ/

STRECH-ur

UK

/stɹˈɛtʃɐ/

STRECH-uh

التعريف

A stretcher is a light, portable bed used for carrying sick or injured people, especially in emergencies or at hospitals.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Stretcher' is mainly used in medical and emergency contexts. Common collocations include 'carry someone on a stretcher' and 'ambulance stretcher.' Not to be confused with stationary hospital beds or gurneys (which have wheels and are used for transport within hospitals).

• Spanish: camilla
• Portuguese (BR): maca
• Portuguese (PT): maca
• Chinese (Simplified): 担架
• Chinese (Traditional): 擔架
• Hindi: स्ट्रेचर
• Arabic: نقالة
• Bengali: স্ট্রেচার
• Russian: носилки
• Japanese: ストレッチャー
• Vietnamese: cái cáng
• Korean: 들것
• Turkish: sedye
• Urdu: اسٹریچر
• Indonesian: tandu

جمل نموذجية

They carried the patient on a stretcher.

basic

The stretcher is waiting outside the ambulance.

basic

Please put the injured man on a stretcher.

basic

He was so weak, they had to rush him out on a stretcher.

natural

Paramedics arrived and unfolded the stretcher next to him.

natural

It took four people to lift him safely onto the stretcher.

natural