Stryker

词形变化

Strykers 复数 Strykers

别名

stryker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A modern, heavy-duty, full-featured gurney, typically heavily padded and having yellow legs.

    医学

    1973, Modern hospital: Volume 120; Volume 120, link Because we feel that a stretcher should be more than a means of patient transport, we don't offer a standard Stryker stretcher.

  2. 2.

    An eight-wheeled armoured combat vehicle used by the US Army.

    政治 军事

    2004, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Improved operational testing and evaluation: and methods of combining test information for the Stryker family of vehicles and related Army systems, link Test Process The Army's interim armored combat vehicle, now called the Stryker, is in the latter stages of development.

name
  1. 1.

    A surname

词源

* (surname): * (gurney): Genericization of a trademark. From the name of the Stryker Corporation, which manufactured several gurneys in this style. From the name of the founder of the company, Homer Stryker. * (armoured vehicle): Originating from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: PFC Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II, and SP4 Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.

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