喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈwiːltʃer/ · /ˈwiːltʃeə/輪椅

    a chair with wheels that people use when they cannot walk, or when walking is hard.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei’s grandpa uses a wheelchair when they go to the park.

    逐字美的爺爺在他們去公園的時候使用一台輪椅。

    「wheelchair」就是「有輪子的椅子」——給走路有困難、或不方便走路的人坐著移動。How can we think of it? 核心畫面可以想成「椅子 + 輪子」：wheel（輪子）+ chair（椅子）合在一起，意思一眼就看懂。常見說法是 in a wheelchair（坐在輪椅上）、use a wheelchair（使用輪椅）、wheelchair user（使用輪椅的人）、wheelchair access（無障礙／輪椅通道）。

    常見搭配

    • in a wheelchair

      坐在輪椅上／用輪椅移動

      sitting in and moving with a wheelchair

      After the race, the coach sat in a wheelchair and cheered with the team.

    • use a wheelchair

      使用輪椅

      to move with the help of a wheelchair

      Outside the house she uses a wheelchair, but indoors she can walk a little.

    • wheelchair user

      輪椅使用者

      a person who uses a wheelchair

      The station added lifts so wheelchair users can reach every platform.

    • wheelchair access

      輪椅通道／無障礙通行

      design that lets people in wheelchairs enter and move around

      Does this cinema have wheelchair access from the street?

    • electric wheelchair

      電動輪椅

      a wheelchair that moves with electric power

      Grandma’s electric wheelchair makes long museum visits easier.

    • push a wheelchair

      推輪椅

      to move a wheelchair forward for someone

      Leo carefully pushed his aunt’s wheelchair through the crowded market.

    用法接近

    walkercrutchesscooter

core核心畫面

One way to see it: a chair that moves. Two big wheels at the sides, small ones in front, and rims the person can push themselves — the seat and the way of getting around are the same object.

可以想成一張會移動的椅子：兩側大輪、前面小輪，外圈可以自己推。坐的地方和移動的方式合成同一件東西，所以英文就把 wheel（輪子）和 chair（椅子）直接接起來。

複數 wheelchairs

用法接近

walkercrutchesscooter

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

wheelchairnoun/ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.

    • "And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."
  • 2

    Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.

  • 3

    Any device involving wheels designed to assist a nonhuman animal with locomotion.

    • To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.

wheelchairverb/ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    To move using a wheelchair.

    • Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves.
    • People who took part walked, jogged, ran, rollerbladed and wheelchaired the five kilometers

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。