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Definition of life preserver in English: life preservernoun 1British A short truncheon with a heavily loaded end. 〈英〉（用于自卫的）护身棒 Synonyms club, bludgeon, stick, truncheon, baton, blackthorn, mace, bat 2North American A buoyant device such as a lifebelt or life jacket. Example sentencesExamples - As they move away from the ship's railing, we see the name of their ship on a life preserver: Titanic.
- She said that everyone on the boat was wearing a life preserver, including her boyfriend.
- She clung to her seat like a life preserver and hardly knew what to do when the drunken Frenchman beside her was tossed out onto the grass.
- But rounding Halibut Point, I was relieved to see that at least one of them, the guy in the life preserver, was still well astern.
- As a young man drowning in a sea of poverty, I grabbed a hold of the life preserver my grandmother and the grayhaired mothers at my grandparents' Pentecostal church threw overboard.
- There are situations so serious that the rescue of the drowning person cannot be accomplished with a rope, a life preserver, or a boat.
- They were ultimately kept out by Federal Emergency Management Agency bureaucrats because, among other things, they didn't have life preservers.
- The Perfect Storm has broken in the Beltway, they believe, and life preservers are now being passed out.
- ‘Our customers are looking for life preservers and what they care about is whether the life preserver floats,’ he said.
- The paras, loaded down with a 40 lb parachute, a 15 lb reserve parachute, a life preserver and a lightweight helmet, were crammed into the aircraft on canvas benches, which folded out from the side of the plane.
- Bring an exposure suit and a life preserver when the situation dictates.
- When my turn came, the fat guy in the life preserver - he was still wearing it - looked at me and laughed.
- He had one life preserver and gave it to his younger daughter.
- And today, it seems that he was throwing them a life preserver, but apparently a lot of people didn't want to grab on to that life preserver.
- The new standards include all vessels (subject to the category) to have life preservers and lifejackets for passengers, and stricter mooring controls with vessels being anchored out of high traffic areas.
- The crew member would be important in an accident situation because, you know, you might need two people to hand out life preservers.
- That life preserver by itself wasn't enough to save him.
- But some take what little hope they can, and cling onto it like a life preserver.
- Witnesses told police that her screams for help could be heard as the boat pulled away, and that no one aboard the vessel made any effort to throw life preservers or any flotation devices toward her.
- I'm trying to swim, and no one thought to toss me a life preserver.
Definition of life preserver in US English: life preservernounlaɪf prəˈzərvər 1North American A device made of buoyant or inflatable material, such as a life jacket, to keep someone afloat in water. 〈北美〉水上救生用具（如救生圈或救生衣） Example sentencesExamples - She clung to her seat like a life preserver and hardly knew what to do when the drunken Frenchman beside her was tossed out onto the grass.
- The crew member would be important in an accident situation because, you know, you might need two people to hand out life preservers.
- But rounding Halibut Point, I was relieved to see that at least one of them, the guy in the life preserver, was still well astern.
- ‘Our customers are looking for life preservers and what they care about is whether the life preserver floats,’ he said.
- He had one life preserver and gave it to his younger daughter.
- The paras, loaded down with a 40 lb parachute, a 15 lb reserve parachute, a life preserver and a lightweight helmet, were crammed into the aircraft on canvas benches, which folded out from the side of the plane.
- As they move away from the ship's railing, we see the name of their ship on a life preserver: Titanic.
- Bring an exposure suit and a life preserver when the situation dictates.
- She said that everyone on the boat was wearing a life preserver, including her boyfriend.
- The new standards include all vessels (subject to the category) to have life preservers and lifejackets for passengers, and stricter mooring controls with vessels being anchored out of high traffic areas.
- They were ultimately kept out by Federal Emergency Management Agency bureaucrats because, among other things, they didn't have life preservers.
- When my turn came, the fat guy in the life preserver - he was still wearing it - looked at me and laughed.
- And today, it seems that he was throwing them a life preserver, but apparently a lot of people didn't want to grab on to that life preserver.
- That life preserver by itself wasn't enough to save him.
- There are situations so serious that the rescue of the drowning person cannot be accomplished with a rope, a life preserver, or a boat.
- But some take what little hope they can, and cling onto it like a life preserver.
- I'm trying to swim, and no one thought to toss me a life preserver.
- As a young man drowning in a sea of poverty, I grabbed a hold of the life preserver my grandmother and the grayhaired mothers at my grandparents' Pentecostal church threw overboard.
- The Perfect Storm has broken in the Beltway, they believe, and life preservers are now being passed out.
- Witnesses told police that her screams for help could be heard as the boat pulled away, and that no one aboard the vessel made any effort to throw life preservers or any flotation devices toward her.
2British A short club with a heavily weighted end, used as a weapon; a blackjack. Synonyms club, bludgeon, stick, truncheon, baton, blackthorn, mace, bat
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