private ambulance

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary. UK
  2. Any vehicle which is not a hearse that is used to transport dead bodies for legitimate reasons. UK,broadly
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, ambulance. UK

词形变化

private ambulances plural

词源

From private + ambulance, due to such vehicles being privately-owned, rather than under the ownership of the UK's National Health Service.
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