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    life jacket

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Water
    ldoce_201_aˈlife ˌjacket noun [countable] British English  life_jacket.jpg TTWa piece of clothing that can be filled with air and worn around your upper body to stop you from sinking in the water 救生衣 SYN American English life vest →5  See picture of life jacket BrE【英】/life vest AmE【美】救生衣 →4  See picture of 见图 life jacket
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    life jacket• School was very important, a life jacket in chaos.• Despite my life jacket, I was pinned under water by the down-surging river hydraulic.
    ˈlife ˌjacket nounChineseSyllable
    filled with piece can a that of clothing be Corpus


    life jacket
    ˈlife ˌjacket noun [countable] British English

    a piece of clothing that can be filled with air and worn around your upper body to stop you from sinking in the water
       SYN  life vest American English


    life jacketBrE /ˈlaɪf dʒækɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlaɪf dʒækɪt/ 🔊 (NAmE also ˈlife vest) noun
    a jacket without sleeves, that can be filled with air, designed to help you float if you fall in water 救生衣