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

• 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。
• The vests were sold in two colors: blue with pink flowers and black with white polka dots.
  这种马甲以两种颜色售出：蓝色带粉红色花的和黑色带圆点的。
• You must get some new vests.
  你得买新的衣服了。
• We are wearing explosive vests.
  我们都穿着装有炸药的背心。
• 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。
• New York cabbies given bullet-proof vests in pilot scheme.
  纽约为出租司机发防弹背心。
• What did you do to his sweater vests?
  你对他的毛衣干了什么？
• And to make really bullet-proof vests.
  还可以制造真正的防弹背心。
• 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。
• Before long, they may be used in applications as diverse as surgical implants and bulletproof vests.
  不要多久，它们可能被用于多种用途，从手术移植到防弹背心。