首页英语词典convoyconvoy的意思

convoy怎么读？

convoy

英 ['kɒnvɒɪ] 美['kɑnvɔɪ]

英英释义词组搭配实用场景例句

近义词conduct escort guide accompany protect

n. 护送；护卫；护航队
vt. 护航；护送

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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。

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。