English Dictionary

doctor

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɒktə/

動詞

他動詞 ユーモラス文体 自動詞 廃用

(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to. / (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor. / (transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）医師として診察を行う、または治療を行う / （自動詞、ユーモアを交えて）医者のふりをする / （他動詞）人に博士号を授与する、または博士の学位を授ける

During the crisis, she came forward to doctor the injured in the shelter.

危機の際、彼女は避難所で負傷者を診察するために名乗り出た。

意味（1）

(transitive) To act as a medical doctor to.

Her children doctored her back to health.

意味（2）

(intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.

Doctor Princess: Put this on. [gives her lab coat to Finn] OK, you're a doctor now. Good luck. Finn: Wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait! I don't know how to doctor!

意味（3）

(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

意味（4）

(transitive) To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.

意味（5）

(transitive) To genetically alter an extant species.

Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

意味（6）

(transitive) To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

意味（7）

(transitive) To adulterate, drug, or poison (drink).

意味（8）

(intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine.

doctors （ present singular third-person ）

doctoring （ participle present ）

doctored （ participle past ）

doctored （ past ）