vest

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++vest1 /vest/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1. British English a piece of underwear without sleeves that you wear on the top half of your body (内衣)背心，汗衫 SYN American English undershirt →4  See picture of 见图 UNDERWEAR →5 see picture at 见图 underwear2  a piece of special clothing without sleeves that you wear over your clothes to protect your body 防护用背心 a bulletproof vest 防弹背心3. American English a piece of clothing without sleeves and with buttons down the front that you wear as part of a suit 马甲，西装背心 SYN British English waistcoat4. a sweater without sleeves 毛背心，毛坎肩

Examples from the Corpus

vest• All his underclothes, his sports socks, his trousers and vests were smeared with shit.• The writer was wearing a bulletproof vest and had brass knuckles and chemical repellent in other pockets.• Du Pont used to allow local police officers to train on his estate, and equipped the department with expensive bulletproof vests.• Women invented Liquid Paper, the Melitta coffee filter system, the Kevlar material used for bulletproof vests, and much more.• Her body was swathed in towels, except for the gap where her vest was pulled up.• 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.• I was very glad of my thermal vest, three layers of woollies, and waterproof and windproof outer garments.vest2 verb law  1 vest something in somebody phrasal verb law GIVEto give someone the official right to do or own something 授予，赋予，给予〔某人权利〕 Copyright is vested in the author for 50 years. 著作权归作者所有，为期50年。→ See Verb table

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vest• It was more efficient because decision making was vested in the director, whom I will call Faustino Mata.From Longman Business Dictionaryvestvest /vest/ verb [transitive] FINANCE if shares, stocks etc are vested, they are owned by someoneAbout one-third of these options are vested and can be exercised by shareholders at any time. → vest something in somebody → vest somebody with something→ See Verb tableOrigin vest1 (1600-1700) French veste, from Latin vestis “piece of clothing” vest2 (1400-1500) Old French vestir “to clothe, invest”, from Latin vestire “to clothe”, from vestis; → VEST1

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vest¹ /vest/ noun [countable]
1. British English a piece of underwear without sleeves that you wear on the top half of your body
   SYN  undershirt American English
2. a piece of special clothing without sleeves that you wear over your clothes to protect your body:
    a bulletproof vest
3. American English a piece of clothing without sleeves and with buttons down the front that you wear as part of a suit
   SYN  waistcoat British English
4. a sweater without sleeves

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vest² verb law
     
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.