vest
noun/vest/
/vest/
- (British English)
enlarge image(North American English undershirt)a piece of underwear worn under a shirt, etc. next to the skin（衬衣等里面贴身穿的）背心，汗衫 - a cotton vest
棉汗衫
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionb2- What are you doing, standing there in your vest?
你穿着背心站在那里干什么？ - standing there in vest and shorts
穿着背心短裤站在那
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sleeveless
- string
- thermal
- …
- in your vest
- a cotton vest
- a special piece of clothing that covers the upper part of the body
坎肩；（外面穿的）背心 - a bullet-proof vest
防弹背心 - a running vest
赛跑背心
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bulletproof
- stab-proof
- Kevlar™
- …
- a bullet-proof vest
- (North American English)
enlarge image(British English waistcoat)a short piece of clothing with buttons down the front but no arms, usually worn over a shirt and under a jacket, often forming part of a formal suit前面有纽扣但没有袖子的短衣服，通常穿在衬衫外面和夹克下面，通常构成正式西装的一部分 - wearing jeans and a leather vest
穿着牛仔裤和皮背心 - He is smartly dressed in a suit complete with vest, tie and polished Gucci loafers.
他一身西装，很是光鲜，穿了背心、打了领带，脚上是擦得锃亮的古驰平底便鞋。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sleeveless
- matching
- denim
- …
- wearing jeans and a leather vest
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French vestu ‘clothed’, past participle of vestir, from Latin vestire; the noun (early 17th cent., denoting a loose outer garment) from French veste, via Italian from Latin vestis ‘garment’.