英语词汇“vest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

vestvest1 /vɛst/ ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYvest¹

Origin: 1600-1700 French veste, from Latin vestis piece of clothing

1a piece of clothing without sleeves that has buttons down the front and is worn over a shirt, often under a jacket as part of a suit2a sweater without sleeves3a piece of special clothing without sleeves that is worn to protect your body: a bulletproof vest [Origin: 1600–1700 French veste, from Latin vestis piece of clothing]

noun | verb

vestvest2 verb

ETYMOLOGYvest²

Origin: 1400-1500 Old French vestir to clothe, invest, from Latin vestire to clothe, from vestis; ➔ VEST¹

VERB TABLE

vest

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	vest
	he, she, it	vests
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	vested
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have vested
	he, she, it	has vested
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had vested
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will vest
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have vested

Continuous Form
Present	I	am vesting
	he, she, it	is vesting
	you, we, they	are vesting
Past	I, he, she, it	was vesting
	you, we, they	were vesting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been vesting
	he, she, it	has been vesting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been vesting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be vesting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been vesting

1[transitive usually passive] formal to give someone the official or legal right to use power, property, etc.: vest somebody with something The agency has been vested with the authority to regulate work conditions.2[intransitive] social studies, economics if a right, piece of property, stock option, etc. vests, it becomes the property of someone and cannot be taken away from him or her