A lifeboat is a medium-sized boat that is sent out from a port or harbour in order to rescue people who are in danger at sea.
N-COUNT
(船上备用的)救生艇
A lifeboat is a small boat that is carried on a ship, which people on the ship use to escape when the ship is in danger of sinking.
例句
The captain ordered all passengers and crew into lifeboats.船长命令所有乘客和船员都进入救生艇。
英汉词典释义
n.
救生艇,救生船
The boy is picked up in a lifeboat.小男孩被救上了救生艇。Lifeboats picked up all the survivors.救生艇救起了所有的幸存者。It took my last reserves of strength and will to swim to the lifeboat.我用尽了最后的力气和意志向救生艇游去。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship