lifeboat

canot de sauvetage

Bateau utilisé pour sauver des personnes en danger en mer.

En anglais simple : A boat used to save people in danger at sea.

• The lifeboat reached the swimmers.
• Passengers climbed into lifeboats as the ship began to sink.
• The lifeboat crew searched the sea all night.

Synonymes : rescue boat

Expressions courantes : launch a lifeboat, lifeboat crew, board a lifeboat

capsule de sauvetage

Petit véhicule transporté à bord d’un vaisseau spatial pour permettre aux occupants de s’échapper en cas d’urgence.

En anglais simple : A small vehicle carried on a spaceship so people can escape in an emergency.

• The crew entered the lifeboat.
• Their spaceship carried two lifeboats for emergencies.
• The lifeboat separated from the damaged ship.

Synonymes : escape pod

Expressions courantes : spaceship lifeboat, emergency lifeboat, launch the lifeboat

secourir, évacuer

Sauver des personnes en les transportant loin du danger.

En anglais simple : To rescue people by carrying them away from danger.

• They lifeboated the passengers to safety.
• The crew lifeboated everyone off the sinking ship.
• Several survivors were lifeboated ashore before nightfall.

Comment l'utiliser : lifeboat someone to somewhere (They lifeboated the stranded crew to shore.)

Synonymes : rescue, evacuate

Expressions courantes : lifeboat someone ashore, lifeboat someone out