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ventilator

/ven-tl-ey-ter/US // ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər //UK // (ˈvɛntɪˌleɪtə) //

呼吸机,风机,通风机,通风设备

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that ventilates.
    • : a contrivance or opening for replacing foul or stagnant air with fresh air.
    • : Medicine/Medical. an apparatus to produce artificial respiration, moving air into and out of a patient’s lungs: The patient presented with signs of respiratory failure and was placed immediately on a ventilator.

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Examples

  • Two got so sick they were put on a ventilator to assist with breathing, and one died, researchers report February 1 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

  • For a month, Steve Collins, a 33-year veteran of the Prince George’s County fire department, had been hooked to a ventilator and fighting for his life against the coronavirus.

  • Many covid-19 patients, once on a ventilator, have come through.

  • That includes substantially scaling up the strip’s intensive care unit capacity and mobilizing vital supplies such as oxygen and ventilators.

  • Last they had heard, Sicknick was in critical condition on a ventilator, according to family members who spoke to ProPublica.

  • They want money, not to shut off the ventilator of a particular patient.

  • “Sometimes you might withdraw a ventilator in cases of very severe and permanent neurological damage,” Joffe said.

  • He lectured the witness that the location of two ventilator fans was very important “because it will show you are lying.”

  • He is paralyzed, breathes through a ventilator, and communicates via a sophisticated computer.

  • Early signs indicate the windpipe is working, Hannah's doctors announced Tuesday, although she is still on a ventilator.

  • There were no curtains or ventilator-fans, the room was very hot, and the glaring sunshine emphasized its ugliness.

  • An opening of several feet in diameter was left at the top of the dome for a skylight, ventilator, and smoke-escape.

  • The roof, of thin iron plate, is provided with a ventilator to allow of the escape of hot air.

  • The cell was small, bleakly furnished with bunk, toilet and washstand, had a ventilator grille in one wall.

  • The windows were all shuttered from top to bottom, each shutter having a little ventilator in it.