a lifeboat
lifeboat 是可数名词，单数前要加冠词，如 a lifeboat、the lifeboat；复数用 lifeboats。
The crew lowered a lifeboat into the sea.
船员把一艘救生艇放到了海里。
太空救生船；用于从沉船中救人的坚固海船
A boat designed to rescue people in danger at sea, especially from a sinking or wrecked ship.
救生艇
A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
用于从沉船中救人的坚固海船
a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
太空救生船
An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
The crew lowered the lifeboat into the rough sea to rescue the passengers.
船员们把救生艇放到波涛汹涌的海上，去营救乘客。
用法提示：lifeboat 作名词，指用于海上救援的救生艇。
Every passenger on the cruise ship must know where the nearest lifeboat is.
游轮上的每位乘客都必须知道最近的救生艇在哪里。
用法提示：lifeboat 为名词，在本句中是船上的救生设备。
They packed emergency supplies into the lifeboat before leaving the sinking ship.
他们在离开沉船前把应急物资装进救生艇。
用法提示：lifeboat 作名词，表示从沉船逃生用的救生艇。
lifeboat 是可数名词，单数前要加冠词，如 a lifeboat、the lifeboat；复数用 lifeboats。
The crew lowered a lifeboat into the sea.
船员把一艘救生艇放到了海里。
表示“在救生艇上”常用 in a lifeboat 或 on a lifeboat，强调身处其中。
The survivors drifted in a lifeboat for two days.
幸存者们在救生艇里漂流了两天。
lifeboat 可直接放在另一名词前作定语，如 lifeboat drill（救生艇演习）、lifeboat station（救生艇站）。
Every passenger must take part in the lifeboat drill.
每位乘客都必须参加救生艇演习。
grammar · medium
易错句子The sailors lowered lifeboat into the sea.
正确表达The sailors lowered a lifeboat into the sea.
lifeboat 是可数名词单数，前面必须有限定词（a/the/one 等）。汉语名词不需要冠词，学习者容易漏掉；这里指首次提到的一艘，用不定冠词 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子The ship carried twenty lifeboat on board.
正确表达The ship carried twenty lifeboats on board.
lifeboat 是可数名词，被 twenty 等数词修饰时必须用复数形式 lifeboats。汉语名词没有单复数变化，学习者常漏掉词尾 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子The child put on a lifeboat before getting into the water.
正确表达The child put on a life jacket before getting into the water.
lifeboat 指救生艇，是船，只能乘坐而不能“穿上”；穿在身上的是 life jacket（救生衣）。汉语里两者都以“救生”开头，容易张冠李戴。
救生艇演习
The crew must complete a lifeboat drill before the ship leaves port.
船员必须在船离港前完成一次救生艇演习。
放下救生艇
The captain gave the order to launch a lifeboat.
船长下令放下救生艇。
救生艇站
Volunteers at the lifeboat station are on call day and night.
救生艇站的志愿者日夜待命。
登上救生艇
Passengers were told to board a lifeboat calmly.
乘客被告知要冷静地登上救生艇。
救生艇船员
The lifeboat crew rescued three fishermen in the storm.
救生艇船员在暴风雨中救了三名渔民。
发长 /oʊ/ 音 (如 boat, coat)
Choose the next layer that will help you use lifeboat with more confidence.
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太空救生船
Engineers are designing a space lifeboat for the space station.
工程师正在为空间站设计一艘太空救生船。