seatbelts
seatbelts — 名詞
- seatbeltssingular
- seatbeltsesplural
1. strong straps that you put across your body inside a car, plane, or other vehicl
安全帶
車內或機上繫的安全裝置
strong straps that you put across your body inside a car, plane, or other vehicle — they hold you safely in place during a crash or sudden stop.
The flight attendant asked everyone to fasten their seatbelts before takeoff.
空服員請大家在起飛前繫好安全帶。
fasten + possessive + seatbelts — common instruction pattern
Kofi checked that his children's seatbelts were clipped in before leaving the driveway.
Kofi 在駛離車道前確認孩子的安全帶都已扣好。
checked that + possessive + seatbelts — inspection context
In many countries, the law requires all passengers to wear seatbelts in cars.
許多國家的法律規定所有乘客在車內都必須繫安全帶。
Arjun reminded his passengers to fasten their seatbelts before he started the taxi.
Arjun 提醒乘客繫好安全帶後才發動計程車。
The mechanic said the rear seatbelts in the minivan needed to be replaced.
技師說廂型車後座的安全帶需要更換。
- safety belt
more formal; can also refer to belts used by workers at height
- seat belt
same meaning; the two-word spelling is still common in formal writing
文法句型
seatbelts + verb
fasten / buckle + possessive + seatbelt(s)
用法筆記
Seatbelts is almost always used in the plural form when talking about the safety device in general. The singular form seatbelt appears when referring to one specific belt (for example, 'the driver's seatbelt').