surgeon: [14] A surgeon is etymologically someone who does ‘hand work’ – that is, a medical practitioner who performs manual operations on the body, as opposed to administering drugs. The word comes via Anglo-Norman surgien from Vulgar Latin *chirurgiānus, a derivative of Latin chirurgia ‘work of a surgeon’. This was borrowed from Greek kheirurgíā, which in turn was derived from kheirourgós ‘working by hand’, a compound noun formed from kheír ‘hand’ (source of English chiropodist [18]) and érgon ‘work’ (source of English energy). => chiropodist, energy, work
surgeon (n.)
c. 1300, sorgien, cirurgian "person who heals by manual operation on the patient," from Anglo-French surgien (13c.), from Old French surgien, cirurgien (13c.), from cirurgie "surgery," from Latin chirurgia "surgery," from Greek kheirourgia, from kheirourgos "working or done by hand," from kheir "hand" (see chiro-) + ergon "work" (see organ).
雙語例句
1. Shirley's brother is now a consultant heart surgeon in Sweden.
雪利的兄弟現在在瑞典做心髒外科高級顧問醫師。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Only your family doctor can refer you to a surgeon.
隻有你的家庭醫生才能把你介紹給外科醫生。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He knew that under the surgeon's knife he would surely die.
他知道他必定會死在外科醫生刀下.
來自柯林斯例句
4. We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with his knife.
我們必須像外科醫生拿手術刀時一樣冷靜客觀，不受任何感情影響。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The surgeon didn't have the stomach to look at Kelly's face.