lifeguard

B1 大学 FREQ #15902

n. 卫兵, 禁卫军, 救生员

发音

US /ˈlaɪfˌɡɑɹd/

词形变化

lifeguards 复数 lifeguards

别名

life-guard

教材释义与例句

名词

救生员；警卫

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

    救生员

  2. 2.

    A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person.

  3. 3.

    A sturdy metal bracket fixed in front of each of the leading wheels of a train to deflect small objects away from the wheels to prevent derailment.

    交通

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

lifesaver

上位词 3

tender attendant attender

词源

From life + guard, calque of Dutch lijfgarde, where life has the sense of Dutch lijf (“body”) (hence literally “bodyguard”). Compare German Leibgarde (“bodyguard”), Danish livgarde (“bodyguard”), Swedish livgarde (“bodyguard”). Compare also Old English līfweard (“guardian of life”).

来源：wiktionary