lifeboat
A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in…A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
» Where are the lifeboats?
Wo sind die Rettungsboote?
Где спасательные шлюпки?
Де рятувальні шлюпки?
Meaning
2 sensesA boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
Rettungsboot
спаса́тельная ло́дкаspasátelʹnaja lódka
a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
Examples
23 sentencesWhere are the lifeboats?
Де рятувальні шлюпки?
ruГде спасательные шлюпки?
deWo sind die Rettungsboote?
How many lifeboats are on this ship?
ruСколько на этом корабле спасательных шлюпок?
Tom spent three days alone in a lifeboat.
There's only space for ten people in the lifeboat.
ruНа спасательной шлюпке есть место только для десяти человек.
Tom was in one of the lifeboats that sank.