ward
音标：
英音/ wɔːd / 美音/ wɔːrd /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
She was suffering “acute” pain and was taken to the gynaecology ward.
她感到“剧烈”疼痛，被送往妇科病房。
—BBC
Interns and residents make up rank and file staffing in emergency wards so their absence has been widely felt, with hospitals having to operate on contingency settings, officials say.
官员们表示，急诊病房的普通人员由实习生和住院医师组成，因此人们普遍感觉到他们的缺席，医院不得不在紧急情况下运作。
—BBC
The independent stood on a range of local issues such as the reinstatement of a maternity ward, a crackdown on speeding, and for support for local businesses.
《独立报》对一系列当地问题发表了立场，例如恢复产房、打击超速行驶以及支持当地企业。
—BBC
基本释意：
noun
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
病房，病室；（城镇或村庄的）区，选区；被监护人（尤指儿童）；<美>牢房；<古>监视，看守；（锁内）齿凸（wards）；<史>城堡内空地，堡场
同义词：
hospital ward,cellblock,guard
短释义：
Although ward is most often used in connection with hospitals and prisons, cities and towns can also be broken into wards. These are usually geographic areas that are used in elections: city council members often represent wards of the city. A ward is also the name given to a child who is watched over by someone other than his parents. Sometimes children are known as “wards of the state,” meaning they have been taken from their homes.
病房是医院或监狱中的一组房间或一个区域；在医院里，不同的病房处理不同的需求，例如精神科病房或产科病房。
长释义：
Although ward is most often used in connection with hospitals and prisons, cities and towns can also be broken into wards. These are usually geographic areas that are used in elections: city council members often represent wards of the city. A ward is also the name given to a child who is watched over by someone other than his parents. Sometimes children are known as “wards of the state,” meaning they have been taken from their homes.
虽然病房最常与医院和监狱一起使用，但城镇也可以分为病房。这些通常是选举中使用的地理区域：市议会成员通常代表该城市的选区。受监护人也是对由父母以外的人看护的孩子的称呼。有时，儿童被称为“国家监护人”，意思是他们被从家里带走。
文学例句：
If only she had a gourd to ward off the wicked spirits that delight in displacing everyday things.
如果她有一个葫芦来抵御那些喜欢取代日常事物的邪灵就好了。
—In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
Or guardians would direct all of their wards’ business to certain stores and banks in return for kickbacks.
或者，监护人会将其监护人的所有业务交给某些商店和银行，以换取回扣。
—Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
That night in her room, Seven reinforced the wards her parents had helped her construct at her window.
那天晚上，七号在她的房间里加固了她父母帮她在窗户上搭建的防护罩。
—Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
词源：
ward (n.)Old English weard “a guarding, protection; watchman, sentry, keeper,” from Proto-Germanic *wardaz “guard” (source also of Old Saxon ward, Old Norse vörðr, Old High German wart), from PIE *war-o-, suffixed form of root *wer- (3) “perceive, watch out for.”
Used for administrative districts (at first in the sense of guardianship) from late 14c.; of hospital divisions from 1749. Meaning “minor under control of a guardian” is from early 15c. Ward-heeler is 1890, from heeler “loafer, one on the lookout for shady work” (1870s).Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
ward (n.)古英语“守卫、保护；守望者、哨兵、看守者”，源自原始日耳曼语 *wardaz“守卫”（也源自古撒克逊语 ward、古挪威语 vörðr、古高地德语 wart），源自 PIE *war-o-，词根 *wer- 的后缀形式 (3) “感知，提防。”从 14 世纪末开始用于行政区（最初是监护意义上的）； 1749 年开始的医院部门。意思是“监护人控制下的未成年人”，是从 15 世纪早期开始的。 Ward-heeler 诞生于 1890 年，源自 heeler“loafer, one on the Lookout for shady work”（1870 年代）。相关条目及更多内容
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