injury
noun/ˈɪndʒəri/
(plural injuries)
Слово англійською: injury
Переклад injury українською: тра́вма, пора́нення, шко́да
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body, for example in an accident
- Two people sustained minor injuries.
- One of the girls suffered serious injuries.
- He was lucky to escape injury.
- The passengers escaped with only minor injuries.
- As a result of the accident, several passengers sustained serious head injuries.
- injury to somebody/something One youth was treated for injuries to his arm.
- He died from multiple injuries caused by the accident.
- There were no injuries in the crash (= no people injured).
- No damage or injuries were reported.
- These new guidelines will help save lives and prevent injury.
- Taking a few simple precautions will reduce your risk of injury.
- This could result in serious injury or even death.
- because of injury Two players are out of the team because of injury.
- (British English, informal) Don't do that. You'll do yourself an injury (= hurt yourself).
Collocations InjuriesInjuriesBeing injured- have a fall/an injury
- receive/suffer/sustain a serious injury/a hairline fracture/(especially British English) whiplash/a gunshot wound
- hurt/injure your ankle/back/leg
- damage the brain/an ankle ligament/your liver/the optic nerve/the skin
- pull/strain/tear a hamstring/ligament/muscle/tendon
- sprain/twist your ankle/wrist
- break a bone/your collarbone/your leg/three ribs
- fracture/crack your skull
- break/chip/knock out/lose a tooth
- burst/perforate your eardrum
- dislocate your finger/hip/jaw/shoulder
- bruise/cut/graze your arm/knee/shoulder
- burn/scald yourself/your tongue
- bang/bump/hit/ (informal) bash your elbow/head/knee (on/against something)
- treat somebody for burns/a head injury/a stab wound
- examine/clean/dress/bandage/treat a bullet wound
- repair a damaged/torn ligament/tendon/cartilage
- amputate/cut off an arm/a finger/a foot/a leg/a limb
- put on/ (formal) apply/take off (especially North American English) a Band-Aid™/(British English) a plaster/a bandage
- need/require/put in/ (especially British English) have (out)/ (North American English) get (out) stitches
- put on/rub on/ (formal) apply cream/ointment/lotion
- have/receive/undergo (British English) physiotherapy/(North American English) physical therapy
Wordfindersee also personal injury, RSI, whiplash- bandage
- bleed
- bruise
- fracture
- hurt
- injury
- plaster
- sore
- swell
- wound
- [uncountable] (law) damage to a person’s feelings
- Damages may be awarded for emotional injury.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French injurie, from Latin injuria ‘a wrong’, from in- (expressing negation) + jus, jur- ‘right’.
Idioms
add insult to injury
- to make a bad relationship with somebody worse by offending them even more
- Then, to add insult to injury, they told me I couldn't get on the flight.
- It adds insult to injury that banks are allowed to increase their charges without our knowledge or consent.
- Only 300 people came to the match and, to add insult to injury, the floodlights went out during the second half.