单词 | life ring |
释义 | > as lemmaslife ring life ring n. chiefly North American = lifebelt n. (b). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > float to support person in water belt1758 jacket1762 marine collar1764 lifebuoy1783 life-preserver1804 life jacket1819 safety belt1836 lifebelt1841 life vest1848 life ring1911 preserver1912 Mae West1940 1911 Times 20 Nov. 22/2 Life ring marked ‘St. Bride, Glasgow’, and quantity of wreckage washed ashore. 1912 L. J. Vance Destroying Angel xiv. 189 He managed..to jam the life-ring over her head and under one arm before the next wave bore down upon them. 1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 11 Jan. 7/1 The aircraft sighted..a life-ring bearing the ship's name. 1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) May 205/1 Someone threw a life ring toward him, but Charles was upwind and the ring sailed helplessly back onto the deck. < as lemmas |
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