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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    vest

    • IPA[vest]

    美式

    • n.
      a sleeveless, close-fitting waist-length garment worn over a shirt, typically having no collar and buttoning down the front；a garment worn on the upper part of the body for a particular purpose or activity
    • v.
      confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone；give (someone) the legal right to power, property, etc.

    • verb: vest, 3rd person present: vests, gerund or present participle: vesting, past tense: vested, past participle: vested

    • noun: vest, plural noun: vests

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. US, Australian a sleeveless, close-fitting waist-length garment worn over a shirt, typically having no collar and buttoning down the front businessmen wear three-piece pin-striped suits with vests and neckties
    • 2. a garment worn on the upper part of the body for a particular purpose or activity a running vest a bulletproof vest
    • 3. British an undershirt, typically one without sleeves.
    • ▪ a woman's sleeveless top she stepped out in a striped vest and skinny jeans with strappy black heels Kim looked chic in her pink jeans and white vest top

    動詞

    • 1. confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone executive power is vested in the President
    • ▪ give (someone) the legal right to power, property, etc. he alone is vested with the authority to steer the country’s economy
    • ▪ (of power, property, etc.) come into the possession of the bankrupt's property vests in his trustee
    • 2. (of a chorister or member of the clergy) put on vestments he approaches the altar to vest for Mass
    • ▪ literary dress (someone) the Speaker vested him with a rich purple robe