convoy
英 ['k?nv??]
美['kɑnv??]
- n. 護(hù)送；護(hù)衛(wèi)；護(hù)航隊(duì)
- vt. 護(hù)航；護(hù)送
CET6+TEM8GRE中低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?convoys;
中文詞源
convoy 車隊(duì)，船隊(duì)
con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-voy, 路，詞源同via, way. 即護(hù)送上路的隊(duì)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(duì)開進(jìn)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(hù)送隊(duì)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(shí)間內(nèi)都不大可能會(huì)有關(guān)于車隊(duì)行進(jìn)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(duì)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(duì)將軍隊(duì)護(hù)送到那不勒斯。
來自柯林斯例句