ambulance
/ˈæmbjələns/noun
उच्चारण ऐम्ब्यलन्स
एम्बुलेंस, रोगी-वाहन
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a vehicle with special equipment, used for taking sick or injured people to a hospital
एम्बुलेंस, रोगी-वाहन
- Call an ambulance!
- The ambulance reached in ten minutes.
- An ambulance stopped outside the house within minutes of the call.
+ 2 more examples
- Drivers must give way to an ambulance with its siren on.
- The patient was taken by ambulance to the district hospital.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a / an / the + ambulance
Ambulance is a countable noun and needs an article. Use the when everyone knows which ambulance is meant.
'Ambulance' गणनीय noun है और इसके साथ article आता है; जब सबको पता हो कि कौन-सी ambulance, तब 'the' आता है।
- Please call an ambulance immediately.
- The ambulance reached the school in ten minutes.
by ambulance / in an ambulance
Use by ambulance with no article for the means of travel, or in an ambulance when you picture the vehicle.
यात्रा के साधन के लिए बिना article के 'by ambulance' आता है, और वाहन को याद करते हुए 'in an ambulance' आता है।
- The injured driver was taken to hospital by ambulance.
- She was rushed to hospital in an ambulance.
ambulance + noun
Ambulance often acts as a modifier before another noun, as in ambulance driver or ambulance service.
'Ambulance' अक्सर दूसरे noun से पहले आकर उसका विशेषण-जैसा काम करता है, जैसे ambulance driver या ambulance service।
- The ambulance driver switched on the siren.
- A free ambulance service is available in the district.
send for / call / wait for + ambulance
Common verbs are call, send for and wait for. Call has no preposition; send and wait need for.
सामान्य क्रियाएँ call, send for और wait for हैं; 'call' के बाद preposition नहीं आता, पर 'send' और 'wait' के बाद 'for' आता है।
- Someone sent for an ambulance after the accident.
- We waited for the ambulance for half an hour.
+Collocations 4
verb + ambulance
callsend forrushbookwait for
- The teacher called an ambulance when the boy fainted.
ambulance + noun
driversirenservicecrewfleet
- The ambulance crew gave first aid at the roadside.
adjective + ambulance
airprivatefreewaitingspeeding
- The air ambulance carried the patient from the hills to Delhi.
ambulance + verb
arriverushracepull upreach
- The ambulance raced through the crowded market.
“More examples 5
- The cricket club kept an ambulance near the ground during the final.
क्रिकेट क्लब ने फ़ाइनल के दौरान मैदान के पास एक ambulance खड़ी रखी।
- Traffic made way for the ambulance on the flyover.
फ्लाईओवर पर यातायात ने ambulance को रास्ता दे दिया।
- He was carried to the village health centre in a bullock cart because no ambulance was available.
कोई ambulance उपलब्ध नहीं थी, इसलिए उसे बैलगाड़ी में गाँव के स्वास्थ्य केंद्र ले जाया गया।
- Dial 108 and ask for an ambulance.
108 डायल कीजिए और ambulance माँगिए।
- The ambulance arrived with its siren on and took the patient away.
Ambulance सायरन बजाती हुई पहुँची और मरीज़ को ले गई।
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✗ He was taken to hospital by an ambulance.
✓ He was taken to hospital by ambulance.
With by for a means of transport, no article is used.
यात्रा के साधन के लिए 'by' के साथ article नहीं लगता।
✗ Ambulance arrived after an hour.
✓ The ambulance arrived after an hour.
A singular countable noun needs an article.
एकवचन गणनीय noun के साथ article ज़रूरी है।
✗ They waited ambulance for an hour.
✓ They waited for an ambulance for an hour.
Wait is followed by for before its object.
'Wait' के बाद object से पहले 'for' आता है।
AaSpelling
am·bu·lance
⌂Word origin and word building
From the French hôpital ambulant (moving hospital), from the Latin ambulare (to walk), as in perambulate.
French hôpital ambulant (चलता अस्पताल) से, Latin ambulare (चलना) से, perambulate की तरह।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
In India, 108 is the emergency ambulance number and 112 the single emergency number; the word AMBULANCE is written in reverse on the front so that drivers can read it correctly in their mirrors.
भारत में 108 आपातकालीन एम्बुलेंस नंबर और 112 एकल आपातकालीन नंबर है; AMBULANCE शब्द आगे उलटा लिखा जाता है ताकि चालक अपने दर्पण में उसे सही पढ़ सकें।