casualty
n
1 person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident (戰爭或事故中的)傷亡者
Heavy casualties were reported (ie It was reported that many people had been killed) in the fighting. 據報戰斗中傷亡慘重(很多人被殺).
(fig 比喻) Mr Jones was the first casualty of the firm's cut-backs, ie the first to lose his job because of them. 瓊斯先生在公司裁員中首當其沖(第一個被裁掉).
[attrib 作定語]
a casualty list 傷亡名單.
2 thing that is lost, damaged or destroyed in an accident 事故中損失的物品
The cottage was a casualty of the forest fire. 那小屋被森林大火燒毀.
3 (also `casualty ward, `casualty department, US emergency) part of a hospital where people who have been hurt in accidents are taken for urgent treatment 急診室.