convoys

英 [ˈkɒnvɔɪz]

美 [ˈkɑnˌvɔɪz]

n.  (尤指有士兵护送的)车队，船队
convoy的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 车队;舰队
  Aconvoyis a group of vehicles or ships travelling together.
  1. ...a U.N. convoy carrying food and medical supplies...
     运送食品和医疗用品的联合国车队
  2. ...humanitarian relief convoys...
     人道主义援助车队
  3. They travel in convoy with armed guards.
     他们的车队在武装警卫的护送下行进。
• VERB 护送;护卫;为…护航
  Toconvoygoods or people somewhere means to move them there in a convoy.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Ships steaming along maritime corridors in convoys are safer than they were.
  船舶在护航下通过海运线比从前无护航时要安全的多。
• The narrow mountain roads near the disaster zones were crammed with earth diggers, water trucks, ambulances and military convoys.
  在靠近灾区的狭窄山路上，挤满了挖土机、水车、救护车和军车车队。
• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here.
  车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。
• Throughout Libya's rebellion, several convoys of Gadhafi allies have crossed into Niger on what the government in Niamey calls humanitarian grounds.
  在利比亚起义的过程中，好几个卡扎菲盟友的车队越境进入尼日尔，首都在尼亚美的尼日尔政府表示，这是出于人道主义。
• We try to negotiate a safe passage for relief convoys which will travel that stretch of road.
  我们试图通过谈判为将要经过那段路的救援车队争取到安全通行权。
• A group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys.
  协同攻击敌人护航船的潜艇群。
• Using YouTube video, the report tracked the movement of Russian convoys, including armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery.
  该报告通过YouTube视频追踪俄罗斯车队的行动，车队中有装甲车和自行火炮。
• Supply convoys continue to pour into remote mountain valleys, loaded with tents, clean water and food.
  装载必需品的供应车队源源不断，开往遥远偏僻的山区，为灾民带去帐篷、饮水和食品。
• Armed food convoys carrying free water and food staples are now a regular sight in the Haitian capital.
  武装运送免费水和食物的队伍已经成为海地首都的常见风景。
• Militia leaders had halted overland food convoys in the region.
  民兵首领已拦阻了该地区经由陆上运送食品的车队。