life jacket
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1.4
- noun
- /laɪf ˈdʒækɪt/
:
chaleco salvavidas
- I didn't bring my life jacket.
- wear life jackets
- put on a life jacket
- get a life jacket
The survivors were mostly men because they'd taken the life jackets from the women and children.
- The survivors were mostly men because they'd taken the life jackets from the women and children.
- So the minimum, the bare minimum is a life jacket.
- And what they found was that if the life jackets lifted the clavicle up out of the water, the survival time went through the roof.
- He couldn't source the life jackets so he said look, just go.
- A lot of people can't swim the life jackets, a lot of them didn't have them.
- Get you a hat, a hoodie AT shirt, some socks, a life jacket.
- You do the loop and it's like your third time you're you you got that life jacket on.
- So I'm cutting light, I'm cutting life jackets off and everything in the middle of Belfast Locks, a big old swim.
- And it was a pretty windy night and not going to lie, I was a little bit scared and almost didn't want to sleep with my life jacket on.
Examples
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Underneath your seats, you will find your life jackets.
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I remember having my camera in one hand and a life jacket in the other.
Blog text (12) -
- I need a life jacket.
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Hey, I need a life jacket.
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But it was hard swimming with the life jacket on.
Fiction book (2002) -
Guys, guys, the Captain wants everybody to put on their life jackets.
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If you can't swim, wear a life jacket.
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Pull the red cord to inflate your life jacket.
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Without hesitating, Michelle threw on her life jacket, jumped overboard, and swam as fast as she could toward Lexi.
Academic text (2011) -
Everyone on the boat was required to wear a life jacket for safety.
Synonyms
12
4.1
A floating jacket that keeps a person above water
10
2.5
A ring or jacket that helps a person float in water
8
1.7
A jacket you wear to help you float in water
3
3.1
A ring that floats and you throw to someone who is drowning
1
2.7
A round object you throw to someone in water to help them float
1
1.9
A round floating ring worn around the body to keep a person afloat in water
1
4.7
An inflatable band worn on the arms to help a person float in water
An inflatable vest that keeps you afloat in water
A sleeveless jacket made of cork that helps you float in water
How Buoyant
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a jacket worn to keep a person afloat and preserve life' is directly and literally composed from 'life' (relating to preserving life) + 'jacket' (an outer garment). This is a straightforward, compositional compound found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The compound life jacket is a literal image: a jacket that helps protect your life by making you float in water. That's why it means 'a jacket that helps you stay alive and float'.