| 单词 | breeches buoy |
| 释义 | breeches buoy (once / 181836 pages) n WORD FAMILY breeches buoy USAGE EXAMPLESNo one but Billie and Mr. Bangs recognized Belle Rogers in the miserable object which now crawled out of the breeches buoy. Stokes, Katherine, The Motor Maids' School Days(2011) “They’ll try to save them with the breeches buoy,” he said. Emerson, Alice B., Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point—N...(2010) The word is also found in “breeches buoy,” a sling life-saving apparatus, consisting of a support of canvas breeches. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) n a life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for support; used to transfer people from a ship Hyper life belt, life buoy, life ring, lifesaver a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material |
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