Lifeboat Meaning
/ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA 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).
nounAn emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
Sentence Examples
There was no room for Leonardo DiCaprio on the lifeboat.
Large ships are all equipped with a lifeboat.
CEFR Practice Quiz
When the ship started sinking, the crew launched the ____ to rescue passengers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They scrambled into the ____ as the large ship began to tilt dangerously in the rough and stormy seas.
Word Origin & History
From life + boat.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I've got a watch that turns into a lifeboat"
— 1971, Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, “Halo of Flies”, in Killer, performed by Alice Cooper:
"In a corner of the churchyard, where old headstones mark the graves of many mariners, is a striking white statue of a lifeboatman, erected as a memorial to three members of the local lifeboat crew who lost their lives in 1916 while trying to reach a ship in distress."
— 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 322, about Port Eynon:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
When the ship started sinking, the crew launched the ____ to rescue passengers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They scrambled into the ____ as the large ship began to tilt dangerously in the rough and stormy seas.