vests

英 [vests]

美 [vests]

n.  (衬衣等里面贴身穿的)背心，汗衫; 坎肩; (外面穿的)背心
v.  给予; 授予某人某种权力; (指财产等)归属
vest的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 贴身背心;汗衫
  Avestis a piece of underwear which you can wear on the top half of your body in order to keep warm.

in AM, use 美国英语用 undershirt


• 背心;马甲;坎肩
  Avestis a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons which people usually wear over a shirt.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 waistcoat


• VERB 授予，赋予，给予（权利或责任）
  If somethingis vested inyou, or if youare vested withit, it is given to you as a right or responsibility.
  1. All authority was vested in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty...
     女性被赋予了所有权力，履行所有公共职责。
  2. The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies...
     在现代发达社会中，作为社会和政治媒介，大众传媒被赋予了很大的权力。
  3. There's an extraordinary amount of power vested in us.
     我们被授予了巨大的权力。

双语例句

• T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knit-ted or crocheted.
  针织或钩编的T恤衫、汗衫及其他背心。
• The hostiles wearing bomb vests.
  穿着炸弹背心的挟持犯。
• You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
  你认为背心只有两种风格：防弹的和自杀式的。
• Sorting through 11 years of kept shopping lists/ baby vests/ worn out shoes is fascinating!
  收拾保留了11年的购物单、婴儿背心、穿破的鞋子，非常棒！
• Times change. Today UK cops wear black T-shirts and stab-proof vests.
  时过境迁，如今的英国警察穿上了黑T恤和防刺背心。
• Armor vests, armor helmets, protective clothing sets, armor shields.
  装甲背心、装甲头盔、防护服、装甲护板。
• Just-that's right-those guys with the tall hats and the gold chains across their vests.
  确实如此，那些照片只拍下那些戴大礼帽、甲上悬挂着金表链的家伙。
• The men, gorged with food, had unbuttoned their vests.
  那些男人，吃得直打饱嗝，解开了背心的钮扣。
• Security guards wearing bullet-proof vests.
  穿着防弹背心的保安人员。
• The children wore the vests on random days for up to two years.
  孩子们随机穿着这种背心达两年的时间。