Phrase
operating room
手术室
A room in a hospital where surgical operations are performed.
- 1.
A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.
医院中用于进行外科手术的房间。
医院中用于进行外科手术的房间。；操纵室；[医] 手术室
In use
The surgeon prepared the operating room for the emergency surgery.
Nurses must ensure the operating room is sterile before any procedure.
After the operation, the patient was moved from the operating room to recovery.
prep + the operating room
The surgeon is in the operating room.
外科医生在手术室里。
a/an operating room
The hospital has a new operating room.
医院有一个新的手术室。
operating room + noun
operating room 在此用作定语。
She works as an operating room nurse.
她是一名手术室护士。
to the operating room
The patient was taken to the operating room.
病人被带到手术室。
Common mistakes
The patient was taken to the operation room.The patient was taken to the operating room.
受汉语影响，学习者常将名词'operation'用作修饰语，但英语中用动名词'operating'表示功能或用途。
The surgery will be performed in the surgery room.The surgery will be performed in the operating room.
'手术室'在英语中的标准说法是'operating room'，直接按字面翻译成'surgery room'不符合地道表达。
Connections
Confusing words
- operating theatre
- 手术室 · operating room 是美式英语，operating theatre 是英式英语，但两者意思相同。
- surgery room
- 手术室 · surgery room 不如 operating room 常见，但有时口语中也会使用。注意 surgery 也可指“外科手术”。
Learner notes
Grammar Note
可数复合名词，通常与介词'in'连用。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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