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).
双语例句
1. Shirley's brother is now a consultant heart surgeon in Sweden.
雪利的兄弟现在在瑞典做心脏外科高级顾问医师。
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2. Only your family doctor can refer you to a surgeon.
只有你的家庭医生才能把你介绍给外科医生。
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3. He knew that under the surgeon's knife he would surely die.
他知道他必定会死在外科医生刀下.
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4. We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with his knife.
我们必须像外科医生拿手术刀时一样冷静客观，不受任何感情影响。
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5. The surgeon didn't have the stomach to look at Kelly's face.