喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/ˈlaɪfɡɑːrd/ · /ˈlaɪfɡɑːd/救生員

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

    示範例句 · Example

    The lifeguard sat high on the chair and watched every swimmer.

    逐字救生員高高地坐在椅子上，並看著每一位游泳的人。

    「lifeguard」是「在泳池或海邊工作、負責看著泳客安全、有人危險就去幫忙的人」，中文最自然說救生員。常見說法：a lifeguard at the pool（泳池救生員）、call the lifeguard（叫救生員）、the lifeguard blew the whistle（救生員吹哨）。核心畫面可以想成「坐在高椅子上盯著水面、穿鮮豔制服好辨認的人」。它跟 lifesaver、swimming instructor 容易並排：lifeguard 專指這份工作；lifesaver 也可以是「救了你一命的人」，或口語「超有用的東西」；swimming instructor 是教游泳的老師，工作重點是教，不是整天盯安全。

    常見搭配

    • lifeguard at the pool / beach

      泳池／海灘的救生員

      a lifeguard who works at a swimming pool or beach

      Sam waved to the lifeguard at the pool before he jumped in.

    • call the lifeguard

      叫救生員來

      ask the lifeguard to come and help

      If someone looks tired in the water, call the lifeguard right away.

    • blow the whistle

      吹哨（警告／制止）

      use a whistle to warn swimmers or stop unsafe play

      The lifeguard blew the whistle when kids started running.

    • on duty

      值班；在崗位上

      working at that time; responsible for watching swimmers now

      Two lifeguards are on duty every afternoon this week.

    • be / become a lifeguard

      當／成為救生員

      have or start the job of a lifeguard

      Aisha took a swimming and first-aid class to become a lifeguard.

    意思相近

    lifesaver

    用法接近

    swimming instructorrescuerparamediccoast guard

core核心畫面

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）。

複數 lifeguards

意思相近

lifesaver

用法接近

swimming instructorrescuerparamediccoast guard

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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/

  • 1

    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.
  • 2

    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[.]
  • 3

    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.

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