wheelchair
wheelchair — noun
1. a seat fitted with wheels that allows someone who has difficulty walking to move
a seat fitted with wheels that allows someone who has difficulty walking to move around without help
After the accident, Rafael used a wheelchair for six months while his legs healed.
collocation: use a wheelchair
The museum added a wide ramp so that visitors in wheelchairs can reach every room.
collocation: in a wheelchair
Mayumi's grandmother needs a wheelchair to get around the house after her hip surgery.
The city put wheelchair spaces on all new buses so that everyone can travel.
Hari pushed his wheelchair along the smooth path beside the river every morning.
用法筆記
Commonly used with the verbs 'use' and 'need', and in the prepositional phrase 'in a wheelchair'. The older expression 'confined to a wheelchair' is now often avoided; 'uses a wheelchair' or 'is a wheelchair user' is preferred in many contexts.