life vest
life vest — 名詞
1. a piece of safety clothing without sleeves that you wear on your upper body, des
救生衣
穿在上身、防止溺水的漂浮裝備
a piece of safety clothing without sleeves that you wear on your upper body, designed to keep you floating on the surface of water when you are in danger of drowning; it is filled with air or made from material that stays afloat naturally
The ferry crew showed everyone how to fasten a life vest before departure.
渡輪工作人員在出發前向所有人示範如何繫緊救生衣。
collocation: fasten a life vest
Linh put on her life vest before getting into the small fishing boat.
Linh 在登上小漁船之前穿上了救生衣。
collocation: put on a life vest
The life vest kept Quinn floating on the surface until the rescue boat arrived.
那件救生衣讓 Quinn 一直浮在水面上，直到救難艇抵達。
Every passenger on the ship must have a life vest stored under their seat.
船上的每位乘客都必須在座位底下放一件救生衣。
Adina checked that the life vest's whistle and light were still working before the trip.
Adina 在出發前檢查了救生衣上的哨子和燈光是否還能正常使用。
The shop sells both life vests and life jackets — they are the same product.
這家店同時販售 life vest 和 life jacket——兩者只是名稱不同，其實是同一種產品。
The label said 'life jacket', but everyone on the boat called it a life vest.
產品標籤上寫的是 life jacket，但船上每個人都叫它 life vest。
- life jacket
the most common alternative name; standard in British English
- flotation device
a broader category that includes life rings, rafts, and other floating safety equipment
- life preserver
used especially in American English; can also refer to a life ring or buoy
文法句型
life vest + verb (keeps / helps)
wear / put on + a life vest
用法筆記
This item is also called a 'life jacket'. The two terms mean exactly the same thing and can be used interchangeably, though 'life vest' is somewhat more common in American English and 'life jacket' is the standard term in British English.