tourniquet

Related topics: Hospital, Illness & disability

tour·ni·quet /ˈtʊənɪkeɪ, ˈtɔː- $ ˈtɜːrnɪkət, ˈtʊr-/ noun [countableC]

MHa band of cloth that is twisted tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding 止血带

Examples from the Corpus

tourniquet• Malpass was still clutching his leg, using his hands as a tourniquet.• She picked up the dress and tore the thin material into several strips, then began to make a tourniquet.• The brigadier tried to stem the flow with a tourniquet.• Efficient emergency treatment relies upon being able to stem the blood loss with a tourniquet around the foot.• Her right arm had gone to sleep below the tourniquet.• She snapped a dry twig from a juniper bush and used it to finish the tourniquet.• Anne unknotted the rubber tubing from her arm, and pulled the tourniquet loose.

Origin tourniquet

(1600-1700) French “turnstile, tourniquet”, from tourner; → TURN1

词汇	tourniquet
释义	tourniquet Related topics: Hospital, Illness & disability tour·ni·quet /ˈtʊənɪkeɪ, ˈtɔː- $ ˈtɜːrnɪkət, ˈtʊr-/ noun [countableC] MHa band of cloth that is twisted tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding 止血带 Examples from the Corpus tourniquet• Malpass was still clutching his leg, using his hands as a tourniquet.• She picked up the dress and tore the thin material into several strips, then began to make a tourniquet.• The brigadier tried to stem the flow with a tourniquet.• Efficient emergency treatment relies upon being able to stem the blood loss with a tourniquet around the foot.• Her right arm had gone to sleep below the tourniquet.• She snapped a dry twig from a juniper bush and used it to finish the tourniquet.• Anne unknotted the rubber tubing from her arm, and pulled the tourniquet loose. Origin tourniquet (1600-1700) French “turnstile, tourniquet”, from tourner; → TURN1
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