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convoy

英 ['kɒnvɒɪ] 美 ['kɑnvɔɪ]

解释

n. 护送；护卫；护航队
vt. 护航；护送

※ 提供单词"convoy"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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。

2. We took our place at the head of the convoy.: 我们排在护送队伍的最前面。

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。

4. The convoy wound its way through the West Bank.: 车队曲曲折折地穿过约旦河西岸。

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。