convoy
英 ['k?nv??]
美['kɑnv??]
- n. 護送；護衛(wèi)；護航隊
- vt. 護航；護送
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?convoys;
中文詞源
convoy 車隊，船隊
con-, 強調(diào)。-voy, 路，詞源同via, way. 即護送上路的隊伍。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. A convoy of United Nations trucks rolled into Sarajevo today.
- 今天一支聯(lián)合國卡車車隊開進了薩拉熱窩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We took our place at the head of the convoy.
- 我們排在護送隊伍的最前面。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. There'sunlikely to be firm news about the convoy's progress for some time.
- 一段時間內(nèi)都不大可能會有關(guān)于車隊行進情況的確切消息。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The convoy wound its way through the West Bank.
- 車隊曲曲折折地穿過約旦河西岸。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to Naples.
- 他命令聯(lián)合艦隊將軍隊護送到那不勒斯。
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