heatstroke
part of speech
noun (heatstroke — uncountable; also heat stroke)
meaning for a pupil
A dangerous illness when your body gets far too hot (from hot sun or hard exercise in heat) and cannot cool itself down; it can cause confusion, fainting and even death without help. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and safety lessons: prevent heatstroke by drinking water, wearing a hat, staying in the shade, resting in the hottest part of the day, and never leaving children or pets in a hot car. Signs: very hot dry or red skin, headache, confusion, fainting. Call emergency services, move the person to the shade and cool them with water. Milder stage: heat exhaustion.
examples
- Drink lots of water on hot days to avoid heatstroke. tree →
- Never leave a dog in a hot car; it can get heatstroke. tree →
- The runner collapsed with heatstroke. tree →
- Heatstroke is an emergency – call an ambulance. tree →
- Wear a hat and stay in the shade to prevent heatstroke. tree →
- Babies and old people get heatstroke more easily. tree →
note
Uncountable. Written as one word or two (heat stroke). «Sunstroke» is heatstroke caused by the sun. It is not a stroke in the brain-blood sense, though the name is similar. Heat exhaustion is milder but can turn into heatstroke.
In the corpora
- Rabbits get heatstroke easily and can die in hot sun without shade and water.
- Heatstroke is an emergency: a child who is hot, confused or stops sweating needs to be cooled and get help at once.
Trees and pragmatics
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