喜樂美語
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    nA2

    /ˈlaɪfɡɑːrd/ · /ˈlaɪfɡɑːd/

    someone whose job at a beach or swimming pool is to watch and help them if they are in danger.

    救生員

    複數 lifeguards

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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Picture the person on the high chair by the pool, eyes moving over the water even when nothing is happening. Most of the job is the watching; the rescue is the rare part. The word puts those two halves together — life, and guarding it.

可以想成：泳池邊高椅上的那個人，就算什麼事都沒發生，眼睛還是一直在水面上來回。這份工作大部分的時間是「看著」，真正下…更多收起可以想成：泳池邊高椅上的那個人，就算什麼事都沒發生，眼睛還是一直在水面上來回。這份工作大部分的時間是「看著」，真正下水救人是少數時刻。這個字把兩半併在一起：life（生命）加上 guard（守著）。

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

lifeguardnoun/ˈlaɪfˌɡɑɹd/

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

    • It's also generally wise to recruit lifeguards to ensure visitor safety, as bathers can panic in the water and require assistance.
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    A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person.

    • "The people's love is the king's lifeguard."
    • [I]n the reserve were the king's lifeguard, commanded by the earl of Lindsey, and prince Rupert's regiment of foot[.]
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    rail-transportrailwaystransportA 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.

    • It also looked at what effect stronger lifeguards might have had. They protect the leading wheels from small obstacles and in modern trains have coped with hitting landslip debris.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。