flak jacket

名詞

A special piece of clothing worn by soldiers to protect them from shrapnel and grenade fragments, other non-direct fire and battlefield debris. Sometimes used informally to connote any of the various forms of a bullet-proof vest.

日本語の意味

兵士が破片や手榴弾の破片、その他直接的でない攻撃や戦場の破片から身を守るために着用する特殊な防具。また、非公式な意味では、様々な種類の防弾装備（防弾ベストなど）を指すこともある。

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Before entering the demolition site, the engineer slipped on his flak jacket and checked the straps.

解体現場に入る前、技術者は破片防護ベストを着用し、ストラップを確認した。

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意味（1）

A special piece of clothing worn by soldiers to protect them from shrapnel and grenade fragments, other non-direct fire and battlefield debris. Sometimes used informally to connote any of the various forms of a bullet-proof vest.

By longstanding, bipartisan tradition, decades of White House press secretaries have handed down a cheeky symbol of their job fielding rat-a-tat inquiries from feisty reporters: a flak jacket.

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flak jackets （ plural ）