1 a separate part or room in a hospital for patients with the same kind of medical condition 病房: the maternity/psychiatric/surgical ward 产科╱精神科╱外科病房

2 (Brit 英) one of the sections into which a town is divided for elections 选区

3 a child who is under the protection of a court of law; a child whose parents are dead and who is cared for by another adult (guardian) 受法庭或监护人保护的孩子: The child was made a ward of court. 这孩子受法庭监护。