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

• There were more than a few convoys going out in a total daze.
  茫然中，有许多的人因此必须离开。
• Shipping was being marshalled into convoys.
  全部船舶正被组成相互护航的船队。
• As the convoys neared the city centre, footbridges swelled with cheering sympathisers.
  当车队接近市中心时，人行天桥上挤满了高声欢呼的支持者。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the same period, one in every six convoys carrying humanitarian aid to the refugee camps was attacked;
  就在这同一时期，对难民营进行人道援助的护送队中六分之一都遭到攻击；
• 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。
• Western officials say convoys carrying weapons for the Taliban have crossed Iran's frontier with Afghanistan.
  西方官员表示，为塔利班运送武器的车队已经跨越了伊朗与阿富汗的边界。
• Outside the Green Zone, diplomatic convoys are prime targets for insurgents, militiamen and freelance kidnappers.
  在绿区外，外交车队是反叛者、武装人员和雇佣绑架者的主要袭击目标。
• In recent days, red shirts have been arriving in Bangkok by road convoys.
  最近，红衫军藉由公路车队到达曼谷。