lifeboats是什么意思？

lifeboats

• n. 救生艇，救生船( lifeboat的名词复数 )；

例句

• Lifeboats picked up all the survivors. 救生艇救起了所有的幸存者.
• We're ready for the lifeboats — lower away! 救生艇准备完毕——下水!
• 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。
• There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed. 渡轮瞬间倾覆，根本没时间放救生艇下水。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （派往海上救助的）救生船
  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。