casualty

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkaʒʊ.əlti/|/ˈkaʒʊlti/|/ˈkaʒəlti/    美 /ˈkæʒu.əlti/|/ˈkæʒəlti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. countable,uncountable
    — 1756, Samuel Johnson, “The Life of Sir Thomas Browne” in Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, p. xx, The course of his education was like that of others, such as put him little in the way of extraordinary casualties.
  2. A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence. countable,uncountable
  3. Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality. countable,proscribed,uncountable
  4. A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion). countable,uncountable
  5. Clipping of casualty department: the accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment. UK,abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable
  6. An incidental charge or payment. countable,uncountable
  7. Someone or something adversely affected by a decision, event or situation. countable,uncountable
    — Among recent casualties is the S.B.B.'s branch from Nyon to Divonne-les-Bains, just across the French frontier, closed to all traffic at the commencement of the winter service.
  8. Chance nature; randomness. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and multitude […]

词形变化

casualties plural casuality alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
luck
下位词
fatality
衍生词
CASEVAC casualty department casualty event casualty insurance casualty notification casualty of superiority casualty ward simulated casualty
相关词
casual

词源

From casual, from Middle French casuel, from Medieval Latin casualitas and Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”). Originally meaning “a chance event” (compare casual, as in “casual encounter”), it developed a negative meaning as “an unfortunate event”, especially the loss of a person.
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