A sleeveless jacket made of heavy fabric reinforced with metal, worn as protection against bullets and shrapnel.
防弹衣
Example sentencesExamples
They preferred the more military look for their dress sense mainly kitted out in black bottoms, black magnum boots and a black shirt with an armoured flak jacket over the top.
The heavy chest plate in his flak jacket stopped the bullet.
His face was dirty and sweaty and grimacing with pain, his flak jacket hung open where it had taken a bullet, at the very least breaking his ribs or damaging his lungs.
An officer in a flak jacket without a visible gun stopped the two boys.
When Red Cross workers go into a war zone, they don't get a flak jacket.
The feeling of foreboding grew steadily as I was guided deeper into the minefield, dressed in a flak jacket and safety helmet.
Bates was wearing a flak jacket, which at the time were lined with fiberglass plates.
She claims he would have survived had it not been for faulty equipment and that he was away from his army vehicle without a protective flak jacket.
A flak jacket saved the life of the Marine.
One of the bullets clipped the flak jacket of one of our producers, Maria Fleet.
She donned a flak jacket and helmet to learn how de-miners use metal detectors to make land safe.
Even without the plates in the pouches, the flak jacket is supposedly strong enough to stop a 9 mm bullet, meaning it's at least somewhat worthy of being called a bulletproof vest.
Mrs Roberts has queried whether the gun was in working order and whether the flak jacket provided enough protection.
Under his camouflage fatigues he wears a flak jacket with armour plates.
Mr Reed said: ‘It may be that the flak jacket he gave up saved the life of a soldier in the Black Watch or one of the other infantry regiments.’
She comes sporting high heeled combat boots and a camouflage flak jacket so as not to be harmed by light shrapnel.
Also he got to wear a flak jacket and ride in an armoured vehicle while doing so.
Definition of flak jacket in US English:
flak jacket
(also flak vest)
nounˈflak ˌjakətˈflæk ˌdʒækət
A sleeveless jacket made of heavy fabric reinforced with metal or Kevlar, worn as protection against bullets and shrapnel.
防弹衣
Example sentencesExamples
When Red Cross workers go into a war zone, they don't get a flak jacket.
She comes sporting high heeled combat boots and a camouflage flak jacket so as not to be harmed by light shrapnel.
One of the bullets clipped the flak jacket of one of our producers, Maria Fleet.
Bates was wearing a flak jacket, which at the time were lined with fiberglass plates.
The heavy chest plate in his flak jacket stopped the bullet.
The feeling of foreboding grew steadily as I was guided deeper into the minefield, dressed in a flak jacket and safety helmet.
Under his camouflage fatigues he wears a flak jacket with armour plates.
Even without the plates in the pouches, the flak jacket is supposedly strong enough to stop a 9 mm bullet, meaning it's at least somewhat worthy of being called a bulletproof vest.
His face was dirty and sweaty and grimacing with pain, his flak jacket hung open where it had taken a bullet, at the very least breaking his ribs or damaging his lungs.
They preferred the more military look for their dress sense mainly kitted out in black bottoms, black magnum boots and a black shirt with an armoured flak jacket over the top.
A flak jacket saved the life of the Marine.
Also he got to wear a flak jacket and ride in an armoured vehicle while doing so.
Mrs Roberts has queried whether the gun was in working order and whether the flak jacket provided enough protection.
Mr Reed said: ‘It may be that the flak jacket he gave up saved the life of a soldier in the Black Watch or one of the other infantry regiments.’
She donned a flak jacket and helmet to learn how de-miners use metal detectors to make land safe.
An officer in a flak jacket without a visible gun stopped the two boys.
She claims he would have survived had it not been for faulty equipment and that he was away from his army vehicle without a protective flak jacket.