Ambulatory

GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. ( 适宜于) 步行的
• ［英］ adj. ( 适宜于) 步行的 ( able to walk )
• ［记］ ambul ( 行走) +atory -> 行走的, 步行的

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 1598
• 1. of, relating to, or adapted to walking; also occurring during a walk
• 2. moving from place to place ; itinerant
• 3. capable of being altered a will is ambulatory until the testator's death
• 4.
  • a. able to walk about and not bedridden ambulatory patients
  • b. performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient ambulatory medical carean ambulatory electrocardiogram
• • ambulatorily adverb

II. noun (plural -ries)

• Date: circa 1616
• a sheltered place (as in a cloister or church) for walking

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