/ˈhɒspɪtl ||; ˈhɑspɪtḷ/noun [C] a place where ill or injured people are treated 医院:
He was rushed to hospital in an ambulance. 救护车赶紧把他送到医院去。to be admitted to/discharged from hospital 入院／出院a psychiatric/mental hospital 精神病医院 If a person goes to hospital or is in hospital (without ‘the’), he/she is a patient receiving treatment there His mother's in hospital. She cut her hand and had to go to hospital. ‘The hospital’ refers to one particular hospital, or indicates that the person is only visiting the building temporarily He went to the hospital to visit Muriel. to hospital或in hospital（没有the）表示病人在医院接受治疗：His mother's in hospital.他的母亲住院了。·She cut her hand and had to go to hospital.她手割伤了，不得不去医院就医。the hospital指某家医院或者表示某人只是暂时去那个建筑物：He went to the hospital to visit Muriel.他去医院看望缪里尔。 A person who is being treated in a hospital by doctors and nurses is a patient. If you have an accident you are taken first to the casualty department (US emergency room). 在医院里受到医生(doctor)和护士(nurse)照料的病人叫patient。遇到事故就先送到急诊室(casualty department)（美国英语叫emergency room）。