Definition of doctor in English:

doctor

noun ˈdɒktəˈdɑktər

1A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.
医生；大夫
as title Doctor Thornhill
Example sentencesExamples
- To make a diagnosis of brain death, doctors conduct required medical tests.
- Her family doctor prescribed a drug that helped, but it made her tired.
- Most patients are seen and treated by primary care doctors, who may be unfamiliar with the condition.
- Ask your private doctor or hospital clinic physician for information as to how you can obtain a bone density test.
- For the next two and a half days, the boy remained in the intensive care ward while doctors, nurses and medics helped him recover.
- Psychiatrists are qualified doctors who have specialist training in treating mental health problems.
- It had resulted in asthma being the most common chronic illness treated by doctors in general practice.
- Anaesthetists are medical doctors who specialise in the field of anaesthesia.
- The amendment was designed to control the sale of illegitimate products invented by quack doctors.
- Contraception is normally supplied by your doctor or by the family planning clinic.
- MAO inhibitors are commonly prescribed by medical doctors to treat depression.
- These patients are treated by primary care doctors in outpatient clinics.
- Point out that depression is a medical condition that doctors can effectively treat.
- You might feel more comfortable in a hospital or nursing home with doctors and nurses nearby at all times.
- Any woman who is worried about this should speak to her doctor, midwife or obstetrician.
- Although she went to several doctors and hospital emergency rooms, no one could explain what was happening.
- I recently injured my back playing hockey, and my doctor prescribed physical therapy.
- You should talk to your child's doctor if your child experiences these side effects.
- Second, there are medical malpractice claims against doctors and hospitals.
- Five ambulances, 15 medical personnel, two doctors and paramedics were on stand-by.
Synonyms
physician, medical practitioner, medical man, medical woman, clinician, doctor of medicine, MD
Navy surgeon
informal doc, medic, medico, quack
archaic leech, sawbones
1. 1.1North American A qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon.
  〈北美〉牙医；兽医
  Example sentencesExamples
  A veterinary doctor attended on her, but the symptoms continued.
  A veterinary doctor by profession, he began his love affair with Nila about 25 years ago.
  Mahouts and sometimes, veterinary doctor have to accompany the jumbos if they are given on hire for long hours.
  So you think you'd like to be a veterinary doctor and you love animals?
  In the panel were veterinary doctors, elephant owners, mahouts and elephant lovers.
  My cat needs me to feed her, take her to the doctor, and open the door for her.
  Then she hired an autorickshaw and took me to a veterinary doctor.
  And like S. Ravindran Nair, retired veterinary doctor, most will stay rooted at home on Sunday.
  Talk with your doctor before having any dental work done during the course of your treatment.
  Veterinary doctors and other competent personnel should be requisitioned for the purpose, at least on a contract basis.
  I was told, even if the papers from abroad prove inoculations, the dogs have to be checked by a veterinary doctor in the airport.
2. 1.2informal with modifier A person employed to make improvements or give advice.
  the script doctor rewrote the original
  改编者改写了原著。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In addition, it is likely uncredited but well-paid script doctors were drafted in to rewrite certain scenes.
  I turned to the hair doctor for advice.
  So what do the script doctors at SARFT recommend?
  She is a freelance writer, a script doctor and producer, and an award-winning journalist.
  This movie didn't really need a script doctor - but an acting coach sure wouldn't have hurt..
  Money is wasted on explosions and stunts when it should have been given to a script doctor.
  Hit and Runway is indeed like a bunch of hopelessly lost screen cretins looking for a script doctor.
  It's important to note how badly a script doctor was needed for The Singing Detective.
  Storytelling has been abused in Hollywood since producers started consulting script doctors.
  After directing the film, he hightailed it out to Bali, only to return again to work as a script doctor.
  In the present crisis, the Tories should not be consulting spin doctors, but historians.
  The razor-sharp wit that made Fisher a highly paid Hollywood script doctor is also on display.
  This is the story of New York city date doctor employed by socially-inept men to help orchestrate their first three dates with the women of their dreams.
  What do you think of these high-profile script doctors?
  This is the way he described working as a script doctor vs. writing his own stuff.
  I learnt this as a junior spin doctor for a minor political party.
  But the thing is, for a script doctor, the best thing in the world is a good idea with a terrible script.
  The one-liners are as zingfully fresh as only Hollywood's best script doctors can write.
  Nowadays it often seems as if studios employ script doctors not to remove four-letter words but to add them.
2A person who holds the highest university degree.
博士
he was made a Doctor of Divinity
他成了神学博士。
Example sentencesExamples
- Last Wednesday, he was made a Doctor of Music at the University of St Andrews.
- This week Glasgow Caledonian University is making him an Honorary Doctor of Letters.
- He studied in St. Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen and later graduated as a Doctor of Science.
1. 2.1
  short for Doctor of the Church
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bede was recognized as a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.
  Local saints are frequently included, as well as figures of general importance, apostles, and doctors of the Church.
  It was not until after the Council of Trent that popes began to add new doctors of the church at regular intervals.
2. 2.2archaic A teacher or learned person.
  〈古〉教师；博学的人
  the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child
  最智慧的大师也会被孩童的追根问底所难倒。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The learned doctors of the Great Vehicle teach us that the essential characteristic of the universe is its emptiness.
  Synonyms
  educator, tutor, instructor, pedagogue, schoolteacher, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, master, mistress, governess, educationalist, educationist
3An artificial fishing fly.
（钓鱼用的）人造蝇
4with modifier A cool onshore breeze that blows regularly in a particular warm location.
（热带地区的）凉爽海风
the Perth doctor blows towards evening off the Indian Ocean
从印度洋吹来的珀斯风一直刮到晚上。参见CAPE DOCTOR。
See also Cape doctor, Albany doctor
Example sentencesExamples
- The harmattan blows during the winter months along the coast of Upper Guinea,where it is locally known as "the doctor".
- The ocean breeze the Aussies call "the doctor" did, as advertised, come in most afternoons or evenings to cool things off.
- My mom's family planned their yearly escape from the heat—to the beach, where they would at least have the Fremantle doctor in the evening.
- Even on the hottest days, the Fremantle Doctor – the famous seabreeze off the Indian Ocean – comes to the rescue by early afternoon.
- We watched what may have been the most exciting America's Cup races of our time thanks to the Fremantle Doctor, the strong wind that blows regularly every afternoon when cool air is pulled in off the ocean.

verb ˈdɒktəˈdɑktər

[with object]

1Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.
篡改（文件，照片）；伪造
the reports could have been doctored
这些报告可能是伪造的。
Example sentencesExamples
- Murphy's defence team said the notes, drawn up by detectives during the interviews, had been doctored as different types of paper, ink and handwriting appeared among the 54 pages.
- I got back to London with a huge amount of material - a lot of it had been doctored or falsified.
- To add some visual appeal and an element of authenticity, there were photos doctored appropriately using digital technology.
- First they said that pictures showing the bulge might have been doctored.
- One news agency photographer has already been fired for doctoring his photos in Lebanon!
- Instead, they come in to the advisers and pick files at random - a complete waste of time since files can be doctored.
- But he didn't tell the therapist the truth, and his lies continued for 10 more days, during which time he delivered a letter, and copies of the doctored files, to his boss.
- He suggested a senior lecturer had doctored documents for the purpose of an employment tribunal.
- But the public interest would not be served by people of dubious motives giving false information by doctoring the official record.
- Even though everyone knows these images are doctored they are still there.
- The company claims he doctored documents to cover his tracks.
- We thought that we were the only ones that doctored photos.
- Signatures were forged, medical records were doctored.
- Since so many of the documents on view are themselves doctored items or spoofs, factuality becomes suspect.
- He doctored the roll-call records to make it seem as if he hadn't deserted.
- But what if he hadn't been suspected of doctoring his report?
- Please note that these pictures have not been doctored in any way.
- As part of the understanding, any passport suspected to be fake or doctored, is scanned along with the photograph of the applicant and sent to the RPO's office.
- In real life, even models have stretch marks (fashion photos are doctored up).
Synonyms
falsify, tamper with, tinker with, interfere with, manipulate, massage, rig, alter, change
forge, fake, trump up
fudge, pervert, distort
informal cook, juggle
British informal fiddle (with)
1. 1.1 Alter the content of (food or drink) by adding strong or harmful ingredients.
  在（饮料、食物等）中加入浓烈（或有害）的成分
  he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks
  他否认在斯蒂芬的饮料里加了东西。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Other research extends these findings from doctored drinks to regular food.
  I think that third-world countries can benefit from GM foods, because these doctored foods can provide the nutrients that these deprived people need to stay alive.
  You conspiracy theorists can put away your suspicions that the meat is being doctored for cosmetic purposes.
  The family of the latest victim said they know of at least two other young people who believe their drinks had been doctored in local pubs.
  Pre-eleven o'clock it's a restaurant serving spicy Asian delicacies a la fish and noodles that might just have been doctored with aphrodisiacs.
  Places where men can band together and consume meat are now either heavily policed, or the meat is doctored to lessen its impact.
  We get hold of some, find a sheep and doctor its food.
  Synonyms
  adulterate, contaminate, taint, tamper with, lace, mix, dilute, water down, thin out, weaken
  informal spike, dope, cut, slip a Mickey Finn into
  rare vitiate
2. 1.2Baseball Cricket Tamper with (a ball) so as to affect its flight when bowled or pitched.
  〔板球，棒球〕干扰（球）
  fast bowlers were doctoring the ball
  Example sentencesExamples
  He doctored a ball over the course of two weeks by pounding it with a bat, soaking it in soapy water, and finally coating it with white shoe polish to make it look like new.
  Check out what the pitcher said after being accused of doctoring the ball.
  Ballplayers will try to gain an edge whenever possible whether it's doctoring baseballs, corking bats, or taking an illegal position in the batter's box.
  He references unsavory baseball aids used through the years - doctored balls, corked bats, amphetamines - and tries to claim them as precursors to steroid use.
  Whether it's pitchers doctoring baseballs, batters corking bats or electricians creating an eye in the sky cheating system, historically, individuals and teams sometimes do whatever is necessary to gain an edge.
2usually as noun doctoringinformal Treat (someone) medically.
〈非正式〉给（某人）看病
he contemplated giving up doctoring
他思忖着放弃行医。
Example sentencesExamples
- It's much better to let that person be doctored.
- He'd been doctoring there since the town was founded, so most of the crosses in the graveyard were probably his patients.
- Last night, in the absence of echinacea, I doctored myself with a fiery curry and generous amounts of a rather rough Kentucky bourbon.
- On this day, Sarah also worked for Mr. Riske's son, Edward, who took in sick people for doctoring.
- She was soon doctoring his wounds with antiseptic cream.
- By doctoring themselves, women would be spared the need to reveal embarrassing details to a doctor.
- They should let doctors get on with doctoring and encourage staff to support them.
- Successfully doctoring my wounds, I entered the living room.
- In the meantime, she was still doctoring the band when one of its members had a sprained ankle or a cold.
- He took them hay from a storm-damaged feed store and doctored injured animals with medicine he had.
- Presumably in artistic work, as opposed to lawyering or doctoring, there is a larger element of the unconscious or intuitive.
- Next, Robyn doctored the wounds with medicine that stung.
- The court then brings forth a poor Saxon who was healed by Rebecca's doctoring.
- His great love, after doctoring, was sailing, mainly off the west coast of Scotland, in almost any weather, in a boat built to his design by his elder brother.
- I've had some experience with doctoring because my father was a doctor.
- She is into the ritual of it carefully taking out her first aid kit, then deciding where to cut, then doctoring up the cut, then watching it heal.
- Carter, who regularly doctored his people, had enormous respect for Nassaw's ability as a physician, for, in truth, Nassaw was one of the finest surgeons in colonial Virginia.
- This person is not doctoring properly.
- I have been doctoring this condition for 20-some years with not a lot of success.
- Extensive training is provided for younger or newer staff members - an orientation time for them to learn, to grow and to change the way in which they may have nursed or doctored in the past.
Synonyms
treat, medicate, dose, soothe, cure, heal
tend, attend to, minister to, administer to, care for, take care of, nurse
1. 2.1 Remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce.
  〈英〉阉割（动物）
  the dog was doctored
  Example sentencesExamples
  Over the past year, about twice the usual number of cats and dogs were doctored.
  Wait until your pet is doctored and feeling more like their cheery, upbeat self.
2. 2.2 Repair (a machine)
  ex-fleet cars which have been doctored

Phrases

be (just) what the doctor ordered

informal Be very beneficial or desirable under the circumstances.
〈非正式〉有利的，如意的
a 2–0 victory is just what the doctor ordered
2比0的胜利令人满意。
Example sentencesExamples
- I know killer heels aren't exactly what the doctor ordered, but I'll take the psychological boost any day.
- But if your taste buds are yearning for real Caribbean cooking then the spicy West Indian Pepperpot - cooked in the traditional way - is just what the doctor ordered.
- Meantime, let's just say that London is exactly what the doctor ordered - in other words, I am very happy to be here.
- Holland struck the first blow for Midleton in the 23rd minute with a penalty but Carlow's response a few minutes later was just what the doctor ordered.
- With the US economy shaky and major corporate scandals marring his first year in office, a winnable war against an old enemy is just what the doctor ordered.
- The style is apparently a cross between ancient tragedy and TV news, which sounds like exactly what the doctor ordered for a sultry summer weeknight.
- However, a nice mint herbal infusion to help the meal go down smoothly was just what the doctor ordered.
- I was thinking that for urban paranoids who don't feel safe unless they're in the deepest part of their apartments, North Dakota is just what the doctor ordered.
- Now, my legs still burning from the climb up this hill, my face glowing from sun and wind, I decide that a little nap is just what the doctor ordered.
- A media-savvy leader with a vision, with seriousness of purpose, with honesty and decisiveness as his strongest points, a diplomat par excellence, he is exactly what the doctor ordered.

go for the doctor

informal Make an all-out effort.
〈澳，非正式〉尽最大努力
he will go for the doctor in Parliament next week
下周在国会他会尽全力争取的。
Example sentencesExamples
- When he ‘went for the doctor’ to scoop up a dropped ‘hospital pass’ and then sprinted 75 metres for a solo try, it meant that the top Rugby side had the Cup in its keeping.
- It's good to see the Freo Farmers go for the doctor when the doggies started snapping at their heels.
Synonyms
make an effort, try hard, strive, endeavour, apply oneself, do one's best, do all one can, do one's utmost, give one's all, make every effort, spare no effort, be at pains, put oneself out

Derivatives

doctorly

adjective

I took my hand and touched his chest, hoping he would think it was some type of doctorly thing instead of what it really was… checking out his body.
Example sentencesExamples
- Walk away under the guise of having urgent doctorly business to take care of instead of just admitting to total incompetence.
- He appreciated his days off and the opportunity to appear less doctorly.
- Just as the doctor extended his hands, protected by rubber gloves, to hold me up and do his doctorly deeds, my mother took her last breath, and slipped away from this world into the next.
- ‘I would like all of you children to go sit over on the swings while I take a look,’ I ordered in my most doctorly voice.

doctorial

adjective -ˈtɔːrɪəl

doctorship

noun

Origin

Middle English (in the senses 'learned person' and 'Doctor of the Church'): via Old French from Latin doctor 'teacher' (from docere 'teach').

physician from Middle English:
The Old English word for a medical doctor was leech (despite popular belief, nothing to do with the worm, but a word meaning ‘a healer’). Physician arrived in the early Middle Ages, and goes back to Greek phusis ‘nature’, the root also of physical (Late Middle English), physics (Late Middle English), and numerous other English words. A doctor (Middle English) was originally not a physician but any learned person able to give an authoritative opinion, especially one of the early Christian theologians. The word started referring specifically to a medical expert at the start of the 15th century. It comes from doctor, the Latin for ‘teacher’, also found in words such as docile (Late Middle English) ‘willing to learn’; document (Late Middle English) ‘official paper, proof’; and doctrine (Late Middle English), originally the action of teaching.

Rhymes

concocter, proctor

Definition of doctor in US English:

doctor

nounˈdɑktərˈdäktər

1A qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician.
Example sentencesExamples
- It had resulted in asthma being the most common chronic illness treated by doctors in general practice.
- Any woman who is worried about this should speak to her doctor, midwife or obstetrician.
- Psychiatrists are qualified doctors who have specialist training in treating mental health problems.
- Point out that depression is a medical condition that doctors can effectively treat.
- MAO inhibitors are commonly prescribed by medical doctors to treat depression.
- Second, there are medical malpractice claims against doctors and hospitals.
- For the next two and a half days, the boy remained in the intensive care ward while doctors, nurses and medics helped him recover.
- Although she went to several doctors and hospital emergency rooms, no one could explain what was happening.
- You should talk to your child's doctor if your child experiences these side effects.
- Ask your private doctor or hospital clinic physician for information as to how you can obtain a bone density test.
- I recently injured my back playing hockey, and my doctor prescribed physical therapy.
- Most patients are seen and treated by primary care doctors, who may be unfamiliar with the condition.
- You might feel more comfortable in a hospital or nursing home with doctors and nurses nearby at all times.
- To make a diagnosis of brain death, doctors conduct required medical tests.
- Five ambulances, 15 medical personnel, two doctors and paramedics were on stand-by.
- These patients are treated by primary care doctors in outpatient clinics.
- Contraception is normally supplied by your doctor or by the family planning clinic.
- The amendment was designed to control the sale of illegitimate products invented by quack doctors.
- Anaesthetists are medical doctors who specialise in the field of anaesthesia.
- Her family doctor prescribed a drug that helped, but it made her tired.
Synonyms
physician, medical practitioner, medical man, medical woman, clinician, doctor of medicine, md
1. 1.1North American A qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon.
  〈北美〉牙医；兽医
  Example sentencesExamples
  My cat needs me to feed her, take her to the doctor, and open the door for her.
  So you think you'd like to be a veterinary doctor and you love animals?
  Then she hired an autorickshaw and took me to a veterinary doctor.
  And like S. Ravindran Nair, retired veterinary doctor, most will stay rooted at home on Sunday.
  In the panel were veterinary doctors, elephant owners, mahouts and elephant lovers.
  I was told, even if the papers from abroad prove inoculations, the dogs have to be checked by a veterinary doctor in the airport.
  A veterinary doctor attended on her, but the symptoms continued.
  A veterinary doctor by profession, he began his love affair with Nila about 25 years ago.
  Mahouts and sometimes, veterinary doctor have to accompany the jumbos if they are given on hire for long hours.
  Veterinary doctors and other competent personnel should be requisitioned for the purpose, at least on a contract basis.
  Talk with your doctor before having any dental work done during the course of your treatment.
2. 1.2informal with modifier A person who gives advice or makes improvements.
  〈非正式〉建议者；改进者
  the script doctor rewrote the original
  改编者改写了原著。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What do you think of these high-profile script doctors?
  Nowadays it often seems as if studios employ script doctors not to remove four-letter words but to add them.
  This is the way he described working as a script doctor vs. writing his own stuff.
  But the thing is, for a script doctor, the best thing in the world is a good idea with a terrible script.
  Storytelling has been abused in Hollywood since producers started consulting script doctors.
  The one-liners are as zingfully fresh as only Hollywood's best script doctors can write.
  Money is wasted on explosions and stunts when it should have been given to a script doctor.
  I turned to the hair doctor for advice.
  This is the story of New York city date doctor employed by socially-inept men to help orchestrate their first three dates with the women of their dreams.
  After directing the film, he hightailed it out to Bali, only to return again to work as a script doctor.
  It's important to note how badly a script doctor was needed for The Singing Detective.
  In addition, it is likely uncredited but well-paid script doctors were drafted in to rewrite certain scenes.
  Hit and Runway is indeed like a bunch of hopelessly lost screen cretins looking for a script doctor.
  The razor-sharp wit that made Fisher a highly paid Hollywood script doctor is also on display.
  This movie didn't really need a script doctor - but an acting coach sure wouldn't have hurt..
  She is a freelance writer, a script doctor and producer, and an award-winning journalist.
  So what do the script doctors at SARFT recommend?
  I learnt this as a junior spin doctor for a minor political party.
  In the present crisis, the Tories should not be consulting spin doctors, but historians.
2A person who holds a doctorate.
he was made a Doctor of Divinity
他成了神学博士。
Example sentencesExamples
- Last Wednesday, he was made a Doctor of Music at the University of St Andrews.
- This week Glasgow Caledonian University is making him an Honorary Doctor of Letters.
- He studied in St. Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen and later graduated as a Doctor of Science.
1. 2.1
  short for Doctor of the Church
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was not until after the Council of Trent that popes began to add new doctors of the church at regular intervals.
  Bede was recognized as a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.
  Local saints are frequently included, as well as figures of general importance, apostles, and doctors of the Church.
2. 2.2archaic A teacher or learned person.
  〈古〉教师；博学的人
  the wisest doctor is graveled by the inquisitiveness of a child
  最智慧的大师也会被孩童的追根问底所难倒。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The learned doctors of the Great Vehicle teach us that the essential characteristic of the universe is its emptiness.
  Synonyms
  educator, tutor, instructor, pedagogue, schoolteacher, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, master, mistress, governess, educationalist, educationist
3An artificial fishing fly.
（钓鱼用的）人造蝇

verbˈdɑktərˈdäktər

[with object]

1Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.
篡改（文件，照片）；伪造
the reports could have been doctored
这些报告可能是伪造的。
Example sentencesExamples
- In real life, even models have stretch marks (fashion photos are doctored up).
- Even though everyone knows these images are doctored they are still there.
- Please note that these pictures have not been doctored in any way.
- One news agency photographer has already been fired for doctoring his photos in Lebanon!
- Signatures were forged, medical records were doctored.
- But he didn't tell the therapist the truth, and his lies continued for 10 more days, during which time he delivered a letter, and copies of the doctored files, to his boss.
- He suggested a senior lecturer had doctored documents for the purpose of an employment tribunal.
- We thought that we were the only ones that doctored photos.
- First they said that pictures showing the bulge might have been doctored.
- Instead, they come in to the advisers and pick files at random - a complete waste of time since files can be doctored.
- Murphy's defence team said the notes, drawn up by detectives during the interviews, had been doctored as different types of paper, ink and handwriting appeared among the 54 pages.
- To add some visual appeal and an element of authenticity, there were photos doctored appropriately using digital technology.
- But what if he hadn't been suspected of doctoring his report?
- The company claims he doctored documents to cover his tracks.
- Since so many of the documents on view are themselves doctored items or spoofs, factuality becomes suspect.
- As part of the understanding, any passport suspected to be fake or doctored, is scanned along with the photograph of the applicant and sent to the RPO's office.
- He doctored the roll-call records to make it seem as if he hadn't deserted.
- I got back to London with a huge amount of material - a lot of it had been doctored or falsified.
- But the public interest would not be served by people of dubious motives giving false information by doctoring the official record.
Synonyms
falsify, tamper with, tinker with, interfere with, manipulate, massage, rig, alter, change
1. 1.1 Alter the content of (a drink, food, or substance) by adding strong or harmful ingredients.
  在（饮料、食物等）中加入浓烈（或有害）的成分
  he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks
  他否认在斯蒂芬的饮料里加了东西。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We get hold of some, find a sheep and doctor its food.
  Other research extends these findings from doctored drinks to regular food.
  You conspiracy theorists can put away your suspicions that the meat is being doctored for cosmetic purposes.
  Pre-eleven o'clock it's a restaurant serving spicy Asian delicacies a la fish and noodles that might just have been doctored with aphrodisiacs.
  The family of the latest victim said they know of at least two other young people who believe their drinks had been doctored in local pubs.
  I think that third-world countries can benefit from GM foods, because these doctored foods can provide the nutrients that these deprived people need to stay alive.
  Places where men can band together and consume meat are now either heavily policed, or the meat is doctored to lessen its impact.
  Synonyms
  adulterate, contaminate, taint, tamper with, lace, mix, dilute, water down, thin out, weaken
2. 1.2Cricket Baseball Tamper with (a ball) so as to affect its movement when pitched.
  〔板球，棒球〕干扰（球）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Check out what the pitcher said after being accused of doctoring the ball.
  He references unsavory baseball aids used through the years - doctored balls, corked bats, amphetamines - and tries to claim them as precursors to steroid use.
  He doctored a ball over the course of two weeks by pounding it with a bat, soaking it in soapy water, and finally coating it with white shoe polish to make it look like new.
  Ballplayers will try to gain an edge whenever possible whether it's doctoring baseballs, corking bats, or taking an illegal position in the batter's box.
  Whether it's pitchers doctoring baseballs, batters corking bats or electricians creating an eye in the sky cheating system, historically, individuals and teams sometimes do whatever is necessary to gain an edge.
2usually as noun doctoringinformal Treat (someone) medically.
〈非正式〉给（某人）看病
he contemplated giving up doctoring
他思忖着放弃行医。
Example sentencesExamples
- Successfully doctoring my wounds, I entered the living room.
- Next, Robyn doctored the wounds with medicine that stung.
- This person is not doctoring properly.
- Extensive training is provided for younger or newer staff members - an orientation time for them to learn, to grow and to change the way in which they may have nursed or doctored in the past.
- In the meantime, she was still doctoring the band when one of its members had a sprained ankle or a cold.
- Last night, in the absence of echinacea, I doctored myself with a fiery curry and generous amounts of a rather rough Kentucky bourbon.
- She was soon doctoring his wounds with antiseptic cream.
- It's much better to let that person be doctored.
- On this day, Sarah also worked for Mr. Riske's son, Edward, who took in sick people for doctoring.
- His great love, after doctoring, was sailing, mainly off the west coast of Scotland, in almost any weather, in a boat built to his design by his elder brother.
- Presumably in artistic work, as opposed to lawyering or doctoring, there is a larger element of the unconscious or intuitive.
- They should let doctors get on with doctoring and encourage staff to support them.
- Carter, who regularly doctored his people, had enormous respect for Nassaw's ability as a physician, for, in truth, Nassaw was one of the finest surgeons in colonial Virginia.
- I've had some experience with doctoring because my father was a doctor.
- I have been doctoring this condition for 20-some years with not a lot of success.
- She is into the ritual of it carefully taking out her first aid kit, then deciding where to cut, then doctoring up the cut, then watching it heal.
- He took them hay from a storm-damaged feed store and doctored injured animals with medicine he had.
- By doctoring themselves, women would be spared the need to reveal embarrassing details to a doctor.
- He'd been doctoring there since the town was founded, so most of the crosses in the graveyard were probably his patients.
- The court then brings forth a poor Saxon who was healed by Rebecca's doctoring.
Synonyms
treat, medicate, dose, soothe, cure, heal
1. 2.1 Remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce.
  〈英〉阉割（动物）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Wait until your pet is doctored and feeling more like their cheery, upbeat self.
  Over the past year, about twice the usual number of cats and dogs were doctored.
2. 2.2 Repair (a machine).

Phrases

be (just) what the doctor ordered

informal Be very beneficial or desirable under the circumstances.
〈非正式〉有利的，如意的
a 2-0 victory is just what the doctor ordered
2比0的胜利令人满意。
Example sentencesExamples
- However, a nice mint herbal infusion to help the meal go down smoothly was just what the doctor ordered.
- With the US economy shaky and major corporate scandals marring his first year in office, a winnable war against an old enemy is just what the doctor ordered.
- But if your taste buds are yearning for real Caribbean cooking then the spicy West Indian Pepperpot - cooked in the traditional way - is just what the doctor ordered.
- A media-savvy leader with a vision, with seriousness of purpose, with honesty and decisiveness as his strongest points, a diplomat par excellence, he is exactly what the doctor ordered.
- The style is apparently a cross between ancient tragedy and TV news, which sounds like exactly what the doctor ordered for a sultry summer weeknight.
- Now, my legs still burning from the climb up this hill, my face glowing from sun and wind, I decide that a little nap is just what the doctor ordered.
- Meantime, let's just say that London is exactly what the doctor ordered - in other words, I am very happy to be here.
- I was thinking that for urban paranoids who don't feel safe unless they're in the deepest part of their apartments, North Dakota is just what the doctor ordered.
- I know killer heels aren't exactly what the doctor ordered, but I'll take the psychological boost any day.
- Holland struck the first blow for Midleton in the 23rd minute with a penalty but Carlow's response a few minutes later was just what the doctor ordered.

Origin

Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).

词汇	doctor
释义	Definition of doctor in English: doctor noun ˈdɒktəˈdɑktər 1A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill. 医生；大夫 as title Doctor Thornhill Example sentencesExamples To make a diagnosis of brain death, doctors conduct required medical tests. Her family doctor prescribed a drug that helped, but it made her tired. Most patients are seen and treated by primary care doctors, who may be unfamiliar with the condition. Ask your private doctor or hospital clinic physician for information as to how you can obtain a bone density test. For the next two and a half days, the boy remained in the intensive care ward while doctors, nurses and medics helped him recover. Psychiatrists are qualified doctors who have specialist training in treating mental health problems. It had resulted in asthma being the most common chronic illness treated by doctors in general practice. Anaesthetists are medical doctors who specialise in the field of anaesthesia. The amendment was designed to control the sale of illegitimate products invented by quack doctors. Contraception is normally supplied by your doctor or by the family planning clinic. MAO inhibitors are commonly prescribed by medical doctors to treat depression. These patients are treated by primary care doctors in outpatient clinics. Point out that depression is a medical condition that doctors can effectively treat. You might feel more comfortable in a hospital or nursing home with doctors and nurses nearby at all times. Any woman who is worried about this should speak to her doctor, midwife or obstetrician. Although she went to several doctors and hospital emergency rooms, no one could explain what was happening. I recently injured my back playing hockey, and my doctor prescribed physical therapy. You should talk to your child's doctor if your child experiences these side effects. Second, there are medical malpractice claims against doctors and hospitals. Five ambulances, 15 medical personnel, two doctors and paramedics were on stand-by. Synonyms physician, medical practitioner, medical man, medical woman, clinician, doctor of medicine, MD Navy surgeon informal doc, medic, medico, quack archaic leech, sawbones 1.1North American A qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon. 〈北美〉牙医；兽医 Example sentencesExamples A veterinary doctor attended on her, but the symptoms continued. A veterinary doctor by profession, he began his love affair with Nila about 25 years ago. Mahouts and sometimes, veterinary doctor have to accompany the jumbos if they are given on hire for long hours. So you think you'd like to be a veterinary doctor and you love animals? In the panel were veterinary doctors, elephant owners, mahouts and elephant lovers. My cat needs me to feed her, take her to the doctor, and open the door for her. Then she hired an autorickshaw and took me to a veterinary doctor. And like S. Ravindran Nair, retired veterinary doctor, most will stay rooted at home on Sunday. Talk with your doctor before having any dental work done during the course of your treatment. Veterinary doctors and other competent personnel should be requisitioned for the purpose, at least on a contract basis. I was told, even if the papers from abroad prove inoculations, the dogs have to be checked by a veterinary doctor in the airport. 1.2informal with modifier A person employed to make improvements or give advice. the script doctor rewrote the original 改编者改写了原著。 Example sentencesExamples In addition, it is likely uncredited but well-paid script doctors were drafted in to rewrite certain scenes. I turned to the hair doctor for advice. So what do the script doctors at SARFT recommend? She is a freelance writer, a script doctor and producer, and an award-winning journalist. This movie didn't really need a script doctor - but an acting coach sure wouldn't have hurt.. Money is wasted on explosions and stunts when it should have been given to a script doctor. Hit and Runway is indeed like a bunch of hopelessly lost screen cretins looking for a script doctor. It's important to note how badly a script doctor was needed for The Singing Detective. Storytelling has been abused in Hollywood since producers started consulting script doctors. After directing the film, he hightailed it out to Bali, only to return again to work as a script doctor. In the present crisis, the Tories should not be consulting spin doctors, but historians. The razor-sharp wit that made Fisher a highly paid Hollywood script doctor is also on display. This is the story of New York city date doctor employed by socially-inept men to help orchestrate their first three dates with the women of their dreams. What do you think of these high-profile script doctors? This is the way he described working as a script doctor vs. writing his own stuff. I learnt this as a junior spin doctor for a minor political party. But the thing is, for a script doctor, the best thing in the world is a good idea with a terrible script. The one-liners are as zingfully fresh as only Hollywood's best script doctors can write. Nowadays it often seems as if studios employ script doctors not to remove four-letter words but to add them. 2A person who holds the highest university degree. 博士 he was made a Doctor of Divinity 他成了神学博士。 Example sentencesExamples Last Wednesday, he was made a Doctor of Music at the University of St Andrews. This week Glasgow Caledonian University is making him an Honorary Doctor of Letters. He studied in St. Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen and later graduated as a Doctor of Science. 2.1 short for Doctor of the Church Example sentencesExamples Bede was recognized as a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899. Local saints are frequently included, as well as figures of general importance, apostles, and doctors of the Church. It was not until after the Council of Trent that popes began to add new doctors of the church at regular intervals. 2.2archaic A teacher or learned person. 〈古〉教师；博学的人 the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child 最智慧的大师也会被孩童的追根问底所难倒。 Example sentencesExamples The learned doctors of the Great Vehicle teach us that the essential characteristic of the universe is its emptiness. Synonyms educator, tutor, instructor, pedagogue, schoolteacher, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, master, mistress, governess, educationalist, educationist 3An artificial fishing fly. （钓鱼用的）人造蝇 4with modifier A cool onshore breeze that blows regularly in a particular warm location. （热带地区的）凉爽海风 the Perth doctor blows towards evening off the Indian Ocean 从印度洋吹来的珀斯风一直刮到晚上。参见CAPE DOCTOR。 See also Cape doctor, Albany doctor Example sentencesExamples The harmattan blows during the winter months along the coast of Upper Guinea,where it is locally known as "the doctor". The ocean breeze the Aussies call "the doctor" did, as advertised, come in most afternoons or evenings to cool things off. My mom's family planned their yearly escape from the heat—to the beach, where they would at least have the Fremantle doctor in the evening. Even on the hottest days, the Fremantle Doctor – the famous seabreeze off the Indian Ocean – comes to the rescue by early afternoon. We watched what may have been the most exciting America's Cup races of our time thanks to the Fremantle Doctor, the strong wind that blows regularly every afternoon when cool air is pulled in off the ocean. verb ˈdɒktəˈdɑktər [with object] 1Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify. 篡改（文件，照片）；伪造 the reports could have been doctored 这些报告可能是伪造的。 Example sentencesExamples Murphy's defence team said the notes, drawn up by detectives during the interviews, had been doctored as different types of paper, ink and handwriting appeared among the 54 pages. I got back to London with a huge amount of material - a lot of it had been doctored or falsified. To add some visual appeal and an element of authenticity, there were photos doctored appropriately using digital technology. First they said that pictures showing the bulge might have been doctored. One news agency photographer has already been fired for doctoring his photos in Lebanon! Instead, they come in to the advisers and pick files at random - a complete waste of time since files can be doctored. But he didn't tell the therapist the truth, and his lies continued for 10 more days, during which time he delivered a letter, and copies of the doctored files, to his boss. He suggested a senior lecturer had doctored documents for the purpose of an employment tribunal. But the public interest would not be served by people of dubious motives giving false information by doctoring the official record. Even though everyone knows these images are doctored they are still there. The company claims he doctored documents to cover his tracks. We thought that we were the only ones that doctored photos. Signatures were forged, medical records were doctored. Since so many of the documents on view are themselves doctored items or spoofs, factuality becomes suspect. He doctored the roll-call records to make it seem as if he hadn't deserted. But what if he hadn't been suspected of doctoring his report? Please note that these pictures have not been doctored in any way. As part of the understanding, any passport suspected to be fake or doctored, is scanned along with the photograph of the applicant and sent to the RPO's office. In real life, even models have stretch marks (fashion photos are doctored up). Synonyms falsify, tamper with, tinker with, interfere with, manipulate, massage, rig, alter, change forge, fake, trump up fudge, pervert, distort informal cook, juggle British informal fiddle (with) 1.1 Alter the content of (food or drink) by adding strong or harmful ingredients. 在（饮料、食物等）中加入浓烈（或有害）的成分 he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks 他否认在斯蒂芬的饮料里加了东西。 Example sentencesExamples Other research extends these findings from doctored drinks to regular food. I think that third-world countries can benefit from GM foods, because these doctored foods can provide the nutrients that these deprived people need to stay alive. You conspiracy theorists can put away your suspicions that the meat is being doctored for cosmetic purposes. The family of the latest victim said they know of at least two other young people who believe their drinks had been doctored in local pubs. Pre-eleven o'clock it's a restaurant serving spicy Asian delicacies a la fish and noodles that might just have been doctored with aphrodisiacs. Places where men can band together and consume meat are now either heavily policed, or the meat is doctored to lessen its impact. We get hold of some, find a sheep and doctor its food. Synonyms adulterate, contaminate, taint, tamper with, lace, mix, dilute, water down, thin out, weaken informal spike, dope, cut, slip a Mickey Finn into rare vitiate 1.2Baseball Cricket Tamper with (a ball) so as to affect its flight when bowled or pitched. 〔板球，棒球〕干扰（球） fast bowlers were doctoring the ball Example sentencesExamples He doctored a ball over the course of two weeks by pounding it with a bat, soaking it in soapy water, and finally coating it with white shoe polish to make it look like new. Check out what the pitcher said after being accused of doctoring the ball. Ballplayers will try to gain an edge whenever possible whether it's doctoring baseballs, corking bats, or taking an illegal position in the batter's box. He references unsavory baseball aids used through the years - doctored balls, corked bats, amphetamines - and tries to claim them as precursors to steroid use. Whether it's pitchers doctoring baseballs, batters corking bats or electricians creating an eye in the sky cheating system, historically, individuals and teams sometimes do whatever is necessary to gain an edge. 2usually as noun doctoringinformal Treat (someone) medically. 〈非正式〉给（某人）看病 he contemplated giving up doctoring 他思忖着放弃行医。 Example sentencesExamples It's much better to let that person be doctored. He'd been doctoring there since the town was founded, so most of the crosses in the graveyard were probably his patients. Last night, in the absence of echinacea, I doctored myself with a fiery curry and generous amounts of a rather rough Kentucky bourbon. On this day, Sarah also worked for Mr. Riske's son, Edward, who took in sick people for doctoring. She was soon doctoring his wounds with antiseptic cream. By doctoring themselves, women would be spared the need to reveal embarrassing details to a doctor. They should let doctors get on with doctoring and encourage staff to support them. Successfully doctoring my wounds, I entered the living room. In the meantime, she was still doctoring the band when one of its members had a sprained ankle or a cold. He took them hay from a storm-damaged feed store and doctored injured animals with medicine he had. Presumably in artistic work, as opposed to lawyering or doctoring, there is a larger element of the unconscious or intuitive. Next, Robyn doctored the wounds with medicine that stung. The court then brings forth a poor Saxon who was healed by Rebecca's doctoring. His great love, after doctoring, was sailing, mainly off the west coast of Scotland, in almost any weather, in a boat built to his design by his elder brother. I've had some experience with doctoring because my father was a doctor. She is into the ritual of it carefully taking out her first aid kit, then deciding where to cut, then doctoring up the cut, then watching it heal. Carter, who regularly doctored his people, had enormous respect for Nassaw's ability as a physician, for, in truth, Nassaw was one of the finest surgeons in colonial Virginia. This person is not doctoring properly. I have been doctoring this condition for 20-some years with not a lot of success. Extensive training is provided for younger or newer staff members - an orientation time for them to learn, to grow and to change the way in which they may have nursed or doctored in the past. Synonyms treat, medicate, dose, soothe, cure, heal tend, attend to, minister to, administer to, care for, take care of, nurse 2.1 Remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce. 〈英〉阉割（动物） the dog was doctored Example sentencesExamples Over the past year, about twice the usual number of cats and dogs were doctored. Wait until your pet is doctored and feeling more like their cheery, upbeat self. 2.2 Repair (a machine) ex-fleet cars which have been doctored Phrases be (just) what the doctor ordered informal Be very beneficial or desirable under the circumstances. 〈非正式〉有利的，如意的 a 2–0 victory is just what the doctor ordered 2比0的胜利令人满意。 Example sentencesExamples I know killer heels aren't exactly what the doctor ordered, but I'll take the psychological boost any day. But if your taste buds are yearning for real Caribbean cooking then the spicy West Indian Pepperpot - cooked in the traditional way - is just what the doctor ordered. Meantime, let's just say that London is exactly what the doctor ordered - in other words, I am very happy to be here. Holland struck the first blow for Midleton in the 23rd minute with a penalty but Carlow's response a few minutes later was just what the doctor ordered. With the US economy shaky and major corporate scandals marring his first year in office, a winnable war against an old enemy is just what the doctor ordered. The style is apparently a cross between ancient tragedy and TV news, which sounds like exactly what the doctor ordered for a sultry summer weeknight. However, a nice mint herbal infusion to help the meal go down smoothly was just what the doctor ordered. I was thinking that for urban paranoids who don't feel safe unless they're in the deepest part of their apartments, North Dakota is just what the doctor ordered. Now, my legs still burning from the climb up this hill, my face glowing from sun and wind, I decide that a little nap is just what the doctor ordered. A media-savvy leader with a vision, with seriousness of purpose, with honesty and decisiveness as his strongest points, a diplomat par excellence, he is exactly what the doctor ordered. go for the doctor informal Make an all-out effort. 〈澳，非正式〉尽最大努力 he will go for the doctor in Parliament next week 下周在国会他会尽全力争取的。 Example sentencesExamples When he ‘went for the doctor’ to scoop up a dropped ‘hospital pass’ and then sprinted 75 metres for a solo try, it meant that the top Rugby side had the Cup in its keeping. It's good to see the Freo Farmers go for the doctor when the doggies started snapping at their heels. Synonyms make an effort, try hard, strive, endeavour, apply oneself, do one's best, do all one can, do one's utmost, give one's all, make every effort, spare no effort, be at pains, put oneself out Derivatives doctorly adjective I took my hand and touched his chest, hoping he would think it was some type of doctorly thing instead of what it really was… checking out his body. Example sentencesExamples Walk away under the guise of having urgent doctorly business to take care of instead of just admitting to total incompetence. He appreciated his days off and the opportunity to appear less doctorly. Just as the doctor extended his hands, protected by rubber gloves, to hold me up and do his doctorly deeds, my mother took her last breath, and slipped away from this world into the next. ‘I would like all of you children to go sit over on the swings while I take a look,’ I ordered in my most doctorly voice. doctorial adjective -ˈtɔːrɪəl doctorship noun Origin Middle English (in the senses 'learned person' and 'Doctor of the Church'): via Old French from Latin doctor 'teacher' (from docere 'teach'). physician from Middle English: The Old English word for a medical doctor was leech (despite popular belief, nothing to do with the worm, but a word meaning ‘a healer’). Physician arrived in the early Middle Ages, and goes back to Greek phusis ‘nature’, the root also of physical (Late Middle English), physics (Late Middle English), and numerous other English words. A doctor (Middle English) was originally not a physician but any learned person able to give an authoritative opinion, especially one of the early Christian theologians. The word started referring specifically to a medical expert at the start of the 15th century. It comes from doctor, the Latin for ‘teacher’, also found in words such as docile (Late Middle English) ‘willing to learn’; document (Late Middle English) ‘official paper, proof’; and doctrine (Late Middle English), originally the action of teaching. Rhymes concocter, proctor noun.1 phr. Definition of doctor in US English: doctor nounˈdɑktərˈdäktər 1A qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician. Example sentencesExamples It had resulted in asthma being the most common chronic illness treated by doctors in general practice. Any woman who is worried about this should speak to her doctor, midwife or obstetrician. Psychiatrists are qualified doctors who have specialist training in treating mental health problems. Point out that depression is a medical condition that doctors can effectively treat. MAO inhibitors are commonly prescribed by medical doctors to treat depression. Second, there are medical malpractice claims against doctors and hospitals. For the next two and a half days, the boy remained in the intensive care ward while doctors, nurses and medics helped him recover. Although she went to several doctors and hospital emergency rooms, no one could explain what was happening. You should talk to your child's doctor if your child experiences these side effects. Ask your private doctor or hospital clinic physician for information as to how you can obtain a bone density test. I recently injured my back playing hockey, and my doctor prescribed physical therapy. Most patients are seen and treated by primary care doctors, who may be unfamiliar with the condition. You might feel more comfortable in a hospital or nursing home with doctors and nurses nearby at all times. To make a diagnosis of brain death, doctors conduct required medical tests. Five ambulances, 15 medical personnel, two doctors and paramedics were on stand-by. These patients are treated by primary care doctors in outpatient clinics. Contraception is normally supplied by your doctor or by the family planning clinic. The amendment was designed to control the sale of illegitimate products invented by quack doctors. Anaesthetists are medical doctors who specialise in the field of anaesthesia. Her family doctor prescribed a drug that helped, but it made her tired. Synonyms physician, medical practitioner, medical man, medical woman, clinician, doctor of medicine, md 1.1North American A qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon. 〈北美〉牙医；兽医 Example sentencesExamples My cat needs me to feed her, take her to the doctor, and open the door for her. So you think you'd like to be a veterinary doctor and you love animals? Then she hired an autorickshaw and took me to a veterinary doctor. And like S. Ravindran Nair, retired veterinary doctor, most will stay rooted at home on Sunday. In the panel were veterinary doctors, elephant owners, mahouts and elephant lovers. I was told, even if the papers from abroad prove inoculations, the dogs have to be checked by a veterinary doctor in the airport. A veterinary doctor attended on her, but the symptoms continued. A veterinary doctor by profession, he began his love affair with Nila about 25 years ago. Mahouts and sometimes, veterinary doctor have to accompany the jumbos if they are given on hire for long hours. Veterinary doctors and other competent personnel should be requisitioned for the purpose, at least on a contract basis. Talk with your doctor before having any dental work done during the course of your treatment. 1.2informal with modifier A person who gives advice or makes improvements. 〈非正式〉建议者；改进者 the script doctor rewrote the original 改编者改写了原著。 Example sentencesExamples What do you think of these high-profile script doctors? Nowadays it often seems as if studios employ script doctors not to remove four-letter words but to add them. This is the way he described working as a script doctor vs. writing his own stuff. But the thing is, for a script doctor, the best thing in the world is a good idea with a terrible script. Storytelling has been abused in Hollywood since producers started consulting script doctors. The one-liners are as zingfully fresh as only Hollywood's best script doctors can write. Money is wasted on explosions and stunts when it should have been given to a script doctor. I turned to the hair doctor for advice. This is the story of New York city date doctor employed by socially-inept men to help orchestrate their first three dates with the women of their dreams. After directing the film, he hightailed it out to Bali, only to return again to work as a script doctor. It's important to note how badly a script doctor was needed for The Singing Detective. In addition, it is likely uncredited but well-paid script doctors were drafted in to rewrite certain scenes. Hit and Runway is indeed like a bunch of hopelessly lost screen cretins looking for a script doctor. The razor-sharp wit that made Fisher a highly paid Hollywood script doctor is also on display. This movie didn't really need a script doctor - but an acting coach sure wouldn't have hurt.. She is a freelance writer, a script doctor and producer, and an award-winning journalist. So what do the script doctors at SARFT recommend? I learnt this as a junior spin doctor for a minor political party. In the present crisis, the Tories should not be consulting spin doctors, but historians. 2A person who holds a doctorate. he was made a Doctor of Divinity 他成了神学博士。 Example sentencesExamples Last Wednesday, he was made a Doctor of Music at the University of St Andrews. This week Glasgow Caledonian University is making him an Honorary Doctor of Letters. He studied in St. Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen and later graduated as a Doctor of Science. 2.1 short for Doctor of the Church Example sentencesExamples It was not until after the Council of Trent that popes began to add new doctors of the church at regular intervals. Bede was recognized as a doctor of the church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899. Local saints are frequently included, as well as figures of general importance, apostles, and doctors of the Church. 2.2archaic A teacher or learned person. 〈古〉教师；博学的人 the wisest doctor is graveled by the inquisitiveness of a child 最智慧的大师也会被孩童的追根问底所难倒。 Example sentencesExamples The learned doctors of the Great Vehicle teach us that the essential characteristic of the universe is its emptiness. Synonyms educator, tutor, instructor, pedagogue, schoolteacher, schoolmaster, schoolmistress, master, mistress, governess, educationalist, educationist 3An artificial fishing fly. （钓鱼用的）人造蝇 verbˈdɑktərˈdäktər [with object] 1Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify. 篡改（文件，照片）；伪造 the reports could have been doctored 这些报告可能是伪造的。 Example sentencesExamples In real life, even models have stretch marks (fashion photos are doctored up). Even though everyone knows these images are doctored they are still there. Please note that these pictures have not been doctored in any way. One news agency photographer has already been fired for doctoring his photos in Lebanon! Signatures were forged, medical records were doctored. But he didn't tell the therapist the truth, and his lies continued for 10 more days, during which time he delivered a letter, and copies of the doctored files, to his boss. He suggested a senior lecturer had doctored documents for the purpose of an employment tribunal. We thought that we were the only ones that doctored photos. First they said that pictures showing the bulge might have been doctored. Instead, they come in to the advisers and pick files at random - a complete waste of time since files can be doctored. Murphy's defence team said the notes, drawn up by detectives during the interviews, had been doctored as different types of paper, ink and handwriting appeared among the 54 pages. To add some visual appeal and an element of authenticity, there were photos doctored appropriately using digital technology. But what if he hadn't been suspected of doctoring his report? The company claims he doctored documents to cover his tracks. Since so many of the documents on view are themselves doctored items or spoofs, factuality becomes suspect. As part of the understanding, any passport suspected to be fake or doctored, is scanned along with the photograph of the applicant and sent to the RPO's office. He doctored the roll-call records to make it seem as if he hadn't deserted. I got back to London with a huge amount of material - a lot of it had been doctored or falsified. But the public interest would not be served by people of dubious motives giving false information by doctoring the official record. Synonyms falsify, tamper with, tinker with, interfere with, manipulate, massage, rig, alter, change 1.1 Alter the content of (a drink, food, or substance) by adding strong or harmful ingredients. 在（饮料、食物等）中加入浓烈（或有害）的成分 he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks 他否认在斯蒂芬的饮料里加了东西。 Example sentencesExamples We get hold of some, find a sheep and doctor its food. Other research extends these findings from doctored drinks to regular food. You conspiracy theorists can put away your suspicions that the meat is being doctored for cosmetic purposes. Pre-eleven o'clock it's a restaurant serving spicy Asian delicacies a la fish and noodles that might just have been doctored with aphrodisiacs. The family of the latest victim said they know of at least two other young people who believe their drinks had been doctored in local pubs. I think that third-world countries can benefit from GM foods, because these doctored foods can provide the nutrients that these deprived people need to stay alive. Places where men can band together and consume meat are now either heavily policed, or the meat is doctored to lessen its impact. Synonyms adulterate, contaminate, taint, tamper with, lace, mix, dilute, water down, thin out, weaken 1.2Cricket Baseball Tamper with (a ball) so as to affect its movement when pitched. 〔板球，棒球〕干扰（球） Example sentencesExamples Check out what the pitcher said after being accused of doctoring the ball. He references unsavory baseball aids used through the years - doctored balls, corked bats, amphetamines - and tries to claim them as precursors to steroid use. He doctored a ball over the course of two weeks by pounding it with a bat, soaking it in soapy water, and finally coating it with white shoe polish to make it look like new. Ballplayers will try to gain an edge whenever possible whether it's doctoring baseballs, corking bats, or taking an illegal position in the batter's box. Whether it's pitchers doctoring baseballs, batters corking bats or electricians creating an eye in the sky cheating system, historically, individuals and teams sometimes do whatever is necessary to gain an edge. 2usually as noun doctoringinformal Treat (someone) medically. 〈非正式〉给（某人）看病 he contemplated giving up doctoring 他思忖着放弃行医。 Example sentencesExamples Successfully doctoring my wounds, I entered the living room. Next, Robyn doctored the wounds with medicine that stung. This person is not doctoring properly. Extensive training is provided for younger or newer staff members - an orientation time for them to learn, to grow and to change the way in which they may have nursed or doctored in the past. In the meantime, she was still doctoring the band when one of its members had a sprained ankle or a cold. Last night, in the absence of echinacea, I doctored myself with a fiery curry and generous amounts of a rather rough Kentucky bourbon. She was soon doctoring his wounds with antiseptic cream. It's much better to let that person be doctored. On this day, Sarah also worked for Mr. Riske's son, Edward, who took in sick people for doctoring. His great love, after doctoring, was sailing, mainly off the west coast of Scotland, in almost any weather, in a boat built to his design by his elder brother. Presumably in artistic work, as opposed to lawyering or doctoring, there is a larger element of the unconscious or intuitive. They should let doctors get on with doctoring and encourage staff to support them. Carter, who regularly doctored his people, had enormous respect for Nassaw's ability as a physician, for, in truth, Nassaw was one of the finest surgeons in colonial Virginia. I've had some experience with doctoring because my father was a doctor. I have been doctoring this condition for 20-some years with not a lot of success. She is into the ritual of it carefully taking out her first aid kit, then deciding where to cut, then doctoring up the cut, then watching it heal. He took them hay from a storm-damaged feed store and doctored injured animals with medicine he had. By doctoring themselves, women would be spared the need to reveal embarrassing details to a doctor. He'd been doctoring there since the town was founded, so most of the crosses in the graveyard were probably his patients. The court then brings forth a poor Saxon who was healed by Rebecca's doctoring. Synonyms treat, medicate, dose, soothe, cure, heal 2.1 Remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce. 〈英〉阉割（动物） Example sentencesExamples Wait until your pet is doctored and feeling more like their cheery, upbeat self. Over the past year, about twice the usual number of cats and dogs were doctored. 2.2 Repair (a machine). Phrases be (just) what the doctor ordered informal Be very beneficial or desirable under the circumstances. 〈非正式〉有利的，如意的 a 2-0 victory is just what the doctor ordered 2比0的胜利令人满意。 Example sentencesExamples However, a nice mint herbal infusion to help the meal go down smoothly was just what the doctor ordered. With the US economy shaky and major corporate scandals marring his first year in office, a winnable war against an old enemy is just what the doctor ordered. But if your taste buds are yearning for real Caribbean cooking then the spicy West Indian Pepperpot - cooked in the traditional way - is just what the doctor ordered. A media-savvy leader with a vision, with seriousness of purpose, with honesty and decisiveness as his strongest points, a diplomat par excellence, he is exactly what the doctor ordered. The style is apparently a cross between ancient tragedy and TV news, which sounds like exactly what the doctor ordered for a sultry summer weeknight. Now, my legs still burning from the climb up this hill, my face glowing from sun and wind, I decide that a little nap is just what the doctor ordered. Meantime, let's just say that London is exactly what the doctor ordered - in other words, I am very happy to be here. I was thinking that for urban paranoids who don't feel safe unless they're in the deepest part of their apartments, North Dakota is just what the doctor ordered. I know killer heels aren't exactly what the doctor ordered, but I'll take the psychological boost any day. Holland struck the first blow for Midleton in the 23rd minute with a penalty but Carlow's response a few minutes later was just what the doctor ordered. Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’). noun.1 phr.
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