lifeboat
lifeboat — 名詞
- lifeboatsingular
- lifeboatsplural
1. a strong boat that waits near the coast and is launched at short notice to bring
救難艇
從岸邊出動的海上救援船
a strong boat that waits near the coast and is launched at short notice to bring back swimmers, sailors, or anyone struggling in rough water.
The Cornish lifeboat raced into the storm to reach two fishermen on an overturned trawler.
康沃爾的救難艇衝進暴風雨中，要去救翻覆漁船上的兩名漁夫。
subject + verb of motion (raced out) for rescue scenarios
Volunteers run the village lifeboat and train every Saturday on the beach.
志工負責駕駛村裡的救難艇，每週六都在沙灘上練習。
collocation: run / crew / launch the lifeboat
Tariq watched the orange lifeboat bounce across the waves toward a stranded yacht.
Tariq 看著橘色的救難艇在浪上彈跳，朝著一艘擱淺的遊艇開過去。
After the surfer disappeared, the coastguard called out the lifeboat from the harbour.
衝浪客消失在浪裡之後，海巡隊就從港口叫出救難艇。
Donations from the seaside town pay for new engines and warm jackets for the lifeboat crew.
海邊小鎮居民的捐款，用來幫救難艇隊員買新引擎和保暖外套。
- rescue boat
broader; any boat used for rescue, not always coast-based
- RNLI boat
British, specific to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
用法筆記
Subject is usually a coastal rescue service or volunteer crew. Often paired with verbs of motion (launch, call out, race out). Distinguish from sense 2: this boat is stationed on shore, not on board a ship.
常見錯誤
2. a smaller boat fixed to the side of a larger ship so passengers and crew can cli
逃生艇
船上配備的緊急逃生小船
a smaller boat fixed to the side of a larger ship so passengers and crew can climb in and escape if the ship begins to sink.
Passengers practised climbing into the lifeboat on the first morning of the cruise to Alaska.
郵輪開往阿拉斯加的第一個早上，乘客就先練習爬進逃生艇。
collocation: climb into / get into a lifeboat
When the ferry began to tilt, Yumi grabbed her son and ran toward the nearest lifeboat.
渡輪開始傾斜時，Yumi 抓著兒子往最近的逃生艇跑。
named subject + emergency scene
The Titanic carried far fewer lifeboats than people on board, and many drowned.
鐵達尼號上的逃生艇遠遠不夠船上的人數，許多人因此溺斃。
Each lifeboat on the freighter holds twenty people and has food and blankets inside.
貨船上的每艘逃生艇可以容納二十個人，裡面備有食物和毛毯。
Piotr unhooked the ropes on the lifeboat while the captain shouted instructions through the wind.
Piotr 解開逃生艇上的繩索，船長則在風中大聲喊出指示。
- escape boat
descriptive; emphasises leaving a sinking vessel
- survival craft
formal / nautical; broader category including inflatable rafts
用法筆記
Always carried on board a larger ship. Frequently paired with 'climb into', 'lower', 'launch from the deck'. Distinguish from sense 1: this is the small onboard escape boat, not the shore-based rescue craft.