doctor /'dɒktә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a licensed medical practitioner
• (n.) children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
• (n.) a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution

Chinese translation

• n. 医生, 博士
• vt. 授以博士学位, 诊断, 修改
• vi. 行医

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'dɒktә/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.9 · Common

Word forms

doctors, doctoring, doctored

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