convoy
英['kɒnvɒɪ]美['kɑnvɔɪ]
- n. 护送；护卫；护航队
- vt. 护航；护送
词态变化
复数: convoys;
中文词源
convoy 车队，船队
con-, 强调。-voy, 路，词源同via, way. 即护送上路的队伍。
英文词源
- convoy
- convoy: see convey
- convoy (n.)
- early 16c., "the act of guiding or escorting for protection," from convoy (v.), late 14c., from Old French convoier, from Vulgar Latin *conviare, literally "go together on the road" (see convey). The meaning "train of ships or wagons carrying munitions or provisions in wartime under protection of escort" is from c. 1600.
双语例句
- 1. A convoy of United Nations trucks rolled into Sarajevo today.
- 今天一支联合国卡车车队开进了萨拉热窝。
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- 2. We took our place at the head of the convoy.
- 我们排在护送队伍的最前面。
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- 3. There'sunlikely to be firm news about the convoy's progress for some time.
- 一段时间内都不大可能会有关于车队行进情况的确切消息。
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- 4. The convoy wound its way through the West Bank.
- 车队曲曲折折地穿过约旦河西岸。
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- 5. He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to Naples.
- 他命令联合舰队将军队护送到那不勒斯。
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