lifeboat

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

life·boat [lifeboat lifeboats] BrE [ˈlaɪfbəʊt] NAmE [ˈlaɪfboʊt] noun
1. a special boat that is sent out to rescue people who are in danger at sea
•a lifeboat crew/station
2. a small boat carried on a ship in order to save the people on board if the ship sinks

Example Bank:
•The crew took to the lifeboats.
•The lifeboat is stationed just along the coast from here.
•The lifeboat was called out five times in the January storms.
•There was only room for ten people in the lifeboat.
•two survivors on board the lifeboat