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

• Just-that's right-those guys with the tall hats and the gold chains across their vests.
  确实如此，那些照片只拍下那些戴大礼帽、甲上悬挂着金表链的家伙。
• You must get some new vests.
  你得买新的衣服了。
• 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。
• It also meant he got to wear a special uniform, including vests of his own design.
  而且他还能穿着特殊制服，其中包括他自己设计的背心。
• Some protesters wearing camouflage, military helmets and bulletproof vests responded with what appeared to be handguns, although it was not clear whether they were firing rubber or live bullets.
  一些身穿迷彩服和防弹背心、戴着军用头盔的抗议者似乎在用手枪回击，但不清楚他们在发射橡皮子弹还是实弹。
• Don't forget to button or zip up all tops, vests, etc.
  不要忘记扣上或拉上所有上衣、背心等衣服的扣子或拉链。
• Security guards wearing bullet-proof vests.
  穿着防弹背心的保安人员。
• Sorting through 11 years of kept shopping lists/ baby vests/ worn out shoes is fascinating!
  收拾保留了11年的购物单、婴儿背心、穿破的鞋子，非常棒！
• Orange vests are worn by most hunters as a safety precaution and by school crossing guards.
  大部分的猎人和护送学生过马路的交通协管员都会穿橙色的背心用于安全预警。
• FUR VESTS They're ubiquitous, they're celeb-loved and ( best of all) they're warm.
  毛皮背心他们无处不在，他们是名人大爱的以及（最棒的是）他们是温暖的。