life preserver

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat. US
  2. A short club with a weighted end. UK,dated
    — Here's your crowbar / And your centre-bit; / Your life-preserver— / You may want to hit!
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see life, preserver.
    — In such cases, the story is told to illustrate some main truth, which, in this case, is the beer-drinking habit of the people. By this faith, that beer is a life preserver, the English live, and by this they die.

词形变化

life preservers plural life-preserver alternative lifepreserver alternative
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