English Dictionary

life buoy

名詞

イギリス英語 比喩的用法

(Britain) A buoyant object (most commonly torus-shaped) that is used as a life-saving device by keeping a person afloat. / (Britain, metaphoric) Something that rescues one from difficulties.

日本語の意味

水難時に人を救うために使用される浮き輪、救命ブイ。また、比喩的に困難な状況から人を救い出すものを指す。

The captain threw a life buoy to the struggling swimmer and kept shouting for help.

船長は溺れている泳者に救命浮環を投げ、助けを叫び続けた。

意味（1）

(Britain) A buoyant object (most commonly torus-shaped) that is used as a life-saving device by keeping a person afloat.

A spherical life buoy having an air chamber formed therein, an entrance opening communicating with the interior of said life buoy, air inlet and exhaust pipes extending exteriorly therof, a perforated housing for each of said pipes, a dome secured to teh periphery of said life buoy and covering said housings, said dome being perforated, and means for supporting said life buoy upon the deck of a vessel.

意味（2）

(Britain, metaphoric) Something that rescues one from difficulties.

Fearing that he might become permanently sewn into the Air France uniform he put on every morning, Manuel regarded Mario's faith in him as a life buoy.

life buoys （ plural ）