convoy
convoy 英 [ˈkɒnvɔɪ] 美 [ˈkɑnvɔɪ]
n. 护送；护卫；护航队 vt. 护航；护送
进行时:convoying 过去式:convoyed 过去分词:convoyed 第三人称单数:convoys 名词复数:convoys
- To travel in a convoy is to be escorted by a group of protective vehicles. If you are a teenage rock star with millions of fans, you probably need a security convoy just to go visit your grandmother.
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- n. 护送；护卫；护航队
- vt. 护航；护送
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1. I'm expecting to hear a convoy of cars pulling up, but nothing, silence.
我希望听到护送他的汽车刹车的声音，但没有，一片安静。
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2. IN THE dead of night, an unusual convoy made its way through Lyon earlier this month.
在这个月初，一支不寻常的护卫队伍在夜深人静的时候，取道里昂。
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3. Thinking gunmen would be reluctant to shoot women and journalists, he sent them in a convoy to register his candidacy.
想到持枪者会不大愿意射杀妇女和记者，他用车队护送他们去注册他的候选资格。
- convoy (n.) 1550s, "the act of guiding or escorting for protection," from obsolete verb convoy "to accompany on the way for protection" (late 14c.), from Old French convoiier, from Vulgar Latin *conviare, literally "go together on the road," from assimilated form of Latin com "with, together" (see con-) + via "way, road" (from PIE root *wegh- "to go, move, transport in a vehicle").
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