| 单词 | explosive vest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasexplosive vest c. Designating an item of clothing which has been fitted with an explosive device and is worn on the body as a bomb, esp. by a suicide bomber, as explosive belt, explosive vest, etc.Some examples of this sense may be interpreted as attributive uses of the noun (in sense B. 2). ΚΠ 1959 Winnipeg Free Press 2 Apr. 1/5 He persuaded the man to accompany him to the surface and it was only then that the miner was relieved of his explosive belt. 1976 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 6 Jan. 7/5 Would-be bank robbers rig a bank manager with an explosive vest they can detonate by remote control if he disobeys them. 1999 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Dec. 10 No walk-through metal detectors which would have revealed the ball-bearings packed inside the explosive vests were installed at either venue. 2002 Times (Nexis) 5 Mar. When his bullets ran out and an explosive jacket failed to go off he took out a knife and began stabbing customers at random. 2014 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 29 Apr. 14 [He] said via video link his mission was to detonate explosive shoes on a transatlantic flight. < as lemmas |
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