surgery
n
1 [U] treatment of injuries or diseases by cutting or removing parts of the body 外科; 手术
qualified in surgery and medicine 内外 科合格的
prepare the patient for surgery 给病人做术前准备
He underwent open-heart surgery. 他接受了体外循环心脏手术.
cosmetic surgery 美容外科.
2 (Brit)
(a) [C] place where a doctor, dentist, etc sees his patients (医师的)门诊处, 诊所.
(b) [U] time during which a doctor, etc is available to see patients at his surgery 门诊时间
Surgery lasts from 9 am to 10 am. 门诊时间为上午9时至10时.
[attrib 作定语]
`surgery hours 门诊时间.
3 [C] (Brit infml 口) time when a Member of Parliament can be consulted by the people he represents (议员对选民的)接待时间
She holds her surgery on Fridays at 6 pm. 她星期五下午6时接待选民.
I guess she's gone to visit some friends in another town.
我猜她是去别的城镇看朋友了。
They took with them dogs, rats and plants like the sweet potato,and settled mainly in North Island where the weather was warmer.
他们随身带去了狗、老鼠及像红薯之类的植物,并且大部分定居在气候比较温暖的北岛。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.