| 单词 | life raft |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife raft life raft n. a small craft (now typically a shallow, inflatable boat) designed for use in an emergency at sea (cf. raft n.1 3d); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > lifeboat or raft boatlOE lifeboat1797 safety boat1814 life raft1819 life craft1844 raft1849 redningskoite1906 Carley float1915 crash boat1936 1819 Trans. Soc. Arts 37 110 The Gold Medal of the Society was this Session voted to Mr. Thomas Cook, Lieut. R.N. for a Life Raft. 1903 U.S. Patent 734,118 Horace S. Carley of Hydepark, Massachusets, Assignor to Carley Life Float Company, of Philadelphia... I, Horace S. Carley,..have invented a new and useful Improvement in Life-Rafts. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 451/1 The Carley Life Raft..is made in various sizes. A large copper pipe is bent into the form of an O, brazed up to be airtight, surrounded by cork and canvas, provided with a strong rope netting to form a floor within the O, and fitted with hand ropes, etc. 1958 Times 10 July 15/2 The manufacture..of..inflatable liferafts and other air-sea rescue aids. 1962 S. Carpenter in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 60 I had a smaller version of it in my liferaft as part of the emergency kit. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane vi. 131 Literature became my life-raft. It got me through prison and opened up new worlds to me. Without it, I'm not sure I would have survived in there. < as lemmas |
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