单词	vest
释义	vest1 nounvest2 verb vestvest1 /vest/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINvest1 Origin: 1600-1700 French veste, from Latin vestis ‘piece of clothing’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All his underclothes, his sports socks, his trousers and vests were smeared with shit. Du Pont used to allow local police officers to train on his estate, and equipped the department with expensive bulletproof vests. Her body was swathed in towels, except for the gap where her vest was pulled up. I was very glad of my thermal vest, three layers of woollies, and waterproof and windproof outer garments. Old opinions were shed, stuffy woolly shabby old liberal vests and comforters were left piled on the shore. The outboard was gone, too, and the gas can and the orange life vest and the two fiberglass oars. The writer was wearing a bulletproof vest and had brass knuckles and chemical repellent in other pockets. Women invented Liquid Paper, the Melitta coffee filter system, the Kevlar material used for bulletproof vests, and much more. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► bulletproof · Women invented Liquid Paper, the Melitta coffee filter system, the Kevlar material used for bulletproof vests, and much more.· The writer was wearing a bulletproof vest and had brass knuckles and chemical repellent in other pockets.· Had she been favored with a Sweet 16 gala, the Phoenix miss would have taken her bows wearing a bulletproof vest. ► running · A red cotton T-shirt or running vest is available at a nominal charge of £1.00 together with sponsorship forms.· Sally has donated her official Barcelona running vest to the appeal, which has a goal of £60,000.· Call John Girling on for your free running vest, car sticker, sweatband and sponsor form. NOUN► life · The outboard was gone, too, and the gas can and the orange life vest and the two fiberglass oars.· Kathy pulled her arms inside the life vest.· All wore life vests, officials said.· She loaded the oars and gas can and life vest, then turned to close the boathouse doors.· Kathy tucked her chin into the life vest, closed her eyes.· Maybe she forgot to put on the life vest.· State regulations require whitewater boaters to wear helmets and life vests.· All three were wearing life vests and were unhurt. ► pocket · He took out a flask from his vest pocket and poured it into the glass.· And then Hardin withdrew a two-credit coin from his vest pocket. VERB► wear · He would often be dressed in just a loose-fitting pair of shorts, but sometimes deigned to wear a vest as well.· They wore leather vests and high-heeled sneakers, body suits and spandex, trying to get noticed.· Tabitha was also wearing a white vest and Helena a shirt.· The writer was wearing a bulletproof vest and had brass knuckles and chemical repellent in other pockets.· He was wearing only a sleeveless vest and a pair of short pants that reached almost to his bony knees.· About one hundred state troopers wearing bulletproof vests kept the groups well separated after a fistfight broke out in the afternoon.· Even in this weather he was wearing a sleeveless vest.· Women wear gowns with trains of fabric trailing after them; men wear vests and jackets. 1British English a piece of underwear without sleeves that you wear on the top half of your body SYN undershirt American English2a piece of special clothing without sleeves that you wear over your clothes to protect your body:  a bulletproof vest3American English a piece of clothing without sleeves and with buttons down the front that you wear as part of a suit SYN waistcoat British English4a sweater without sleeves vest1 nounvest2 verb vestvest2 verb law Word Origin WORD ORIGINvest2 Origin: 1400-1500 Old French vestir ‘to clothe, invest’, from Latin vestire ‘to clothe’, from vestis; ➔ VEST1 Verb Table VERB TABLE vest Simple Form Present I, you, we, they vest he, she, it vests Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they vested Present perfect I, you, we, they have vested he, she, it has vested Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had vested Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will vest Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have vested Continuous Form Present I am vesting he, she, it is vesting you, we, they are vesting Past I, he, she, it was vesting you, we, they were vesting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been vesting he, she, it has been vesting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been vesting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be vesting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been vesting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It was more efficient because decision making was vested in the director, whom I will call Faustino Mata. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► power · Firstly, the justification given by the model for vesting substantial managerial power in the hands of the directors will be investigated.· We know that advertisers have a vested interest in their power to suspend our disbelief.· On 8 August Franco signed a law vesting in himself total power over the administration of the state.· Civil rights, equal opportunity and Great Society legislation in the 1960s also vested more power in the federal government. vest something in somebody phrasal verb to give someone the official right to do or own something:  Copyright is vested in the author for 50 years.
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