ward

名词 ward:

1. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
2. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
3. block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
   同义词：hospital ward
4. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
   同义词：Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
5. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
   同义词：Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
6. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
   同义词：Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward
7. a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
   同义词：cellblock

动词 ward:

1. watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
   同义词：guard

1. The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.
   这医院有内科病房和外科病房。
2. The patient lay quietly on his bed in the medical ward.
   病人安静地躺在内科病房的床上。

ward

n.（名词）
A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.
选区：城市或城镇内的分区，尤指选区，为方便管理与选举而设
A district of some English and Scottish counties corresponding roughly to the hundred or the wapentake.
分区：英格兰和苏格兰的一些郡的地区，大致与郡的分区或旧时英格兰北部的小行政区相对应

A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.
病房：医院里的通常容纳六个或六个以上病人的房间
A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients:
特殊病房：医院里处理某种特殊病人的房间：
例句：
a maternity ward.
产科病房

One of the divisions of a penal institution, such as a prison.
监房：惩罚机构划分出的小室之一，如牢房
An open court or area of a castle or fortification enclosed by walls.
城堡内空地：用围墙围住的城堡或要塞内的露天场地

Law A minor or incompetent person placed under the care or protection of a guardian or court.
【法律】 受监护人：受监护人或法庭保护或照料的未成年人或无行为能力人
A person under the protection or care of another.
受保护者：受到别人保护或照料之人
The state of being under guard; custody.
被监护：处于监护之下的状态；看守
The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship.
监护：监护或保护的行为；看护
A means of protection; a defense.
防护：保护的手段；防御
A defensive movement or attitude, especially in fencing; a guard.
招架：防御性的行动或态度，尤指击剑中的防御；挡开

The projecting ridge of a lock or keyhole that prevents the turning of a key other than the proper one.
锁孔：锁或锁眼内防止非本锁钥匙转动的突出的脊
The notch cut into a key that corresponds to such a ridge.
钥匙的榫槽：钥匙上切割出的对应锁眼的凸槽
v.tr.（及物动词）
ward.ed,ward.ing,wards
To guard; protect.
监护；保护

<常用词组>ward off
To turn aside; parry:
挡开；避开：
例句：
ward off an opponent`s blows.
避开对手的一击

To try to prevent; avert:
尽力避免；避开：
例句：
took vitamins to ward off head colds.
吃维生素以避免伤风

来源：
Middle English [action of guarding]
中古英语 [监护的行为]
from Old English weard [a watching, keeper] * see wer- 3
源自 古英语 weard [留神，看护人] *参见 wer- 3