English-Swedish translations for lifeboat

• livbåt en
  Tre tillfälligt anställda dog då de testade en livbåt, och sexton arbetstagare skadades.Three temporary workers died while testing a lifeboat, and 16 workers were injured.
  En ränta som den som vi får betala är som att sätta en kvarnsten om halsen på en drunknande man, samtidigt som man skickar ut en livbåt för att rädda honom.Charging an interest rate like the one we are being charged is akin to tying a millstone around the neck of a drowning man while you are sending out the lifeboat to save him.

Definition of lifeboat

• 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
• To rescue; to carry to safety

Related words

• lifebuoy
• lifebelt
• lifeblood
• lifeboatman