AMBULANCE


Meaning of AMBULANCE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ air , field , land

He had to be flown by air ~ to a Las Vegas hospital.

▪ emergency ( esp. BrE )

▪ waiting

I was put straight into a waiting ~ and rushed to the hospital.

VERB + AMBULANCE

▪ call (for) , get , phone (for) ( esp. BrE ), ring (for) ( BrE ), telephone (for) ( BrE )

Quick, call an ~!

▪ send

An ~ was sent to the scene of the accident.

▪ load sb into ( esp. AmE ), put sb in , put sb into

He was put into an ~ and taken away.

▪ drive

AMBULANCE + VERB

▪ be on its way

Don't worry—the ~ is on its way.

▪ arrive , come

When the ~ came, I carried her out to it.

AMBULANCE + NOUN

▪ service ( esp. BrE )

▪ crew , personnel ( BrE ), staff ( BrE )

▪ driver

▪ man , paramedic , technician , worker (all BrE )

▪ chief , spokesman (both BrE )

▪ station ( BrE )

▪ trust ( BrE )

the region's three ~ trusts

▪ chaser ( figurative , esp. AmE )

Her attorney is nothing more then an ~ chaser.

PREPOSITION

▪ by ~

She was rushed to hospital by ~.

Eloise was taken by ~ to St Mary's Hospital.

▪ in an/the ~

He went in the ~ with Louise.

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