单词 | life-saving station |
释义 | > as lemmaslife-saving station life-saving station n. North American (now chiefly historical) a coastal or beach building equipped with life-saving equipment and manned by lifeguards. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > means of > means of saving life > from ship or drowning > building containing life-saving station1858 service station1874 1858 Statutes at Large U.S.A. XI. 320 Twenty-eight life-saving stations on the coast of New Jersey. 1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 Jan. 4/1 There should be somewhere within reach adequate life-saving stations. 1920 S. Glaspell Plays 99 Scene: a room in a house which was once a life-saving station. 1991 Boston Apr. 32 A restored lifesaving station offers sea lore of shipwrecks, lifesaving, and lighthouses. < as lemmas |
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