英汉词典

vest 基本解释

• n. 背心；汗衫
• vt. 授予；使穿衣
• vi. 归属；穿衣服
• n. (Vest)人名；(英)维斯特；(匈)韦什特

vest 词态变化

vest 中文词源

来自PIE*wes,穿衣，词源同wear,invest.引申词义授权，赋予，来自特定衣服的象征意义。

vest 英文词源

vest

vest: [17] Vest was originally used fairly generally for a ‘robe’ or ‘gown’. Its earliest specific application was to a ‘sleeveless jacket worn under an outer coat’. It was Charles II of England who introduced the fashion, and the first reference to vest in this sense is in Samuel Pepy’s diary for 8 October 1666: ‘The King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution for setting a fashion in clothes … It will be a vest, I know not well how; but it is to teach the nobility thrift’.

The direct descendant of this is American English vest for ‘waist-coat’. The British application of the word to an undergarment for the upper part of the body did not emerge until the 19th century. The word came via French veste and Italian veste from Latin vestis ‘clothing, garment’. This went back to the Indo- European base *wes-, which also produced English wear.

The derived Latin verb vestīre originally meant ‘clothe’, and hence ‘induct into an office by dressing in the appropriate garments’. It has given English its verb vest [15], as well as divest [17] and invest. Other English words from the same source include travesty, vestment [13], vestry [14], and vesture [14].
=> divest, invest, travesty, vestry, wear

vest (v.)

early 15c., "to put in possession of a person," from Old French vestir "to clothe; get dressed," from Medieval Latin vestire "to put into possession, to invest," from Latin vestire "to clothe, dress, adorn," related to vestis "garment, clothing," from PIE *wes- (4) "to clothe" (see wear (v.)). Related: Vested; vesting.

vest (n.)

1610s, "loose outer garment" (worn by men in Eastern countries or in ancient times), from French veste "a vest, jacket" (17c.), from Italian vesta, veste "robe, gown," from Latin vestis "clothing," from vestire "to clothe" (see vest (v.)). The sleeveless garment worn by men beneath the coat was introduced by Charles II in a bid to rein in men's attire at court, which had grown extravagant and decadent in the French mode.

The King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes .... It will be a vest, I know not well how; but it is to teach the nobility thrift. [Pepys, "Diary," Oct. 8, 1666]

Louis XIV of France is said to have mocked the effort by putting his footmen in such vests.

vest 词组搭配

vest 英文释义

1. a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

2. a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

vest 双语例句

1. She was dressed only in a vest and underpants.

她只穿了一件汗衫和一条短裤.

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2. The basic forms of jacket, vest, and breeches developed slowly.

上衣 、 背心 、 马裤的基本式样发展很缓慢.

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3. He wore a woollen vest beneath his shirt.

他衬衫里面穿着一件羊毛背心.

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4. You'd better wear a vest under a coat.

你最好把马甲穿在上衣里面.

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5. There were some loose bills in his vest pocket -- greenbacks.

在他的西装背心口袋里有些零碎票子 -- 绿颜色的美钞.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

vest 实用场景例句

a cotton vest

棉汗衫

牛津词典

a bullet-proof vest

防弹背心

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a running vest

赛跑背心

牛津词典

Overall authority is vested in the Supreme Council.

一切权力属于最高苏维埃。

牛津词典

The Supreme Council is vested with overall authority.

最高苏维埃拥有一切权力。

牛津词典

All authority was vested in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty...

女性被赋予了所有权力，履行所有公共职责。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies...

在现代发达社会中，作为社会和政治媒介，大众传媒被赋予了很大的权力。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

So he changed the Governor's vest to the colony.

于是他就换了总督的马甲,去了殖民地.

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The man scarcely looked at him, fished in his vest pocket and took out a dime.

这人看也不看他一眼, 伸手去摸背心口袋,掏出一枚1角银币.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

His trousers were too short and his coat and vest too loose.

他的裤子太短,外套和背心又太肥大.

辞典例句

In his room, Luca unlocked the trunk beneath the bed and took out a bulletproof vest.

路加在自己的房间里打开床底下的箱子,取出防弹衣.

教父部分

He wore a woollen vest beneath his shirt.

他衬衫里面穿着一件羊毛背心.

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Jimmy is wearing a vest under a coat.

吉米在上装里面穿着一件背心.

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Do not put on a vest that I do not know you!

别以为穿上马甲我就不认识你!

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Take out the life vest from the underside of your seat and put it on!

从座椅下拿出救生衣,穿上它!

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She was dressed only in a vest and underpants.

她只穿了一件汗衫和一条短裤.

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That is not my vest. My vest is red.

那不是我的背心. 我的背心是红色的.

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He put his vest pocket, threw off his coat and pulled his shirt sleeves.

他将花放进口袋, 迅速脱下大衣,挽起了衬衣袖.

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His shirt was so thin that his vest showed through ( it ).

他的衬衫很薄,连里面穿的背心都能看见.

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Despite the heat, he wore a dark business suit complete with vest.

尽管天气闷热, 他还是穿了一套深色的普通衣服,并配上一件背心.

辞典例句

We are trying our vest to slow down the population increase in China.

在中国我们正在尽全力降低人口数量的增长.

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And the vest aint goanna help it even if you're laying still.

即使有防弹背心也没用,甚至你正一动不动躺在那.

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You'd better wear a vest under a coat.

你最好把马甲穿在上衣里面.

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The vest is red, too.

这件背心也是红色的.

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Mary : Yes. Do you have a vest to match this skirt?

是的 .你们有没有背心可以配这条裙子?

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The basic forms of jacket, vest, and breeches developed slowly.

上衣 、 背心 、 马裤的基本式样发展很缓慢.

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I don't really need to take my vest off for the blood test.

其实我不需要为验血而脱掉背心.

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Now you have a vest.

现在你就做好了一件马甲.

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A whistle is best carried on a lanyard attached to your life vest.

口哨最好带上并绑在救生衣上.

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