1N-COUNT (派往海上救助的)救生船 A lifeboat is a medium-sized boat that is sent out from a port or harbour in order to rescue people who are in danger at sea. (派往海上救助的)救生船
2N-COUNT (船上备用的)救生艇 A lifeboat is a small boat that is carried on a ship, which people on the ship use to escape when the ship is in danger of sinking. (船上备用的)救生艇
The captain ordered all passengers and crew into lifeboats.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LIFEBOAT | LIFEBOAT + VERB | LIFEBOAT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤motor摩托救生艇▸➤inshore, offshore (both BrE) 近海救生艇VERB + LIFEBOAT➤get into, man, take to進入救生艇;逃上救生艇◇The crew took to the lifeboats.船員們逃上了救生艇。➤call out (BrE) 出動救生艇◇The lifeboat was called out five times in the January storms.在 1 月份的暴風雨中救生艇奉命出動了 5 次。➤launch使救生艇下水LIFEBOAT + VERB➤be stationed... (BrE) 救生艇停在⋯◇The lifeboat is stationed just along the coast from here.救生艇停在離這兒不遠的岸邊。LIFEBOAT + NOUN➤service (BrE) 救生艇服務▸➤crew (BrE) 救生艇船員▸➤station救生艇停泊港PREPOSITION➤aboard a/the lifeboat, on board a/the lifeboat在救生艇上◇two survivors on board the lifeboat救生艇上的兩名幸存者➤in a/the lifeboat, on a/the lifeboat救生艇上◇There was only room for ten people in the lifeboat.救生艇只能容納 10 人。