Convoy
['kɒnvɒɪ] or ['kɑnvɔɪ]
解释:
(noun.) the act of escorting while in transit.
(noun.) a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships.
(noun.) a procession of land vehicles traveling together.
(verb.) escort in transit; 'the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone'; 'the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific'.
校对:惠特尼--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
(n.) The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
(n.) A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.
(n.) A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.
(n.) Conveyance; means of transportation.
(n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.
亚伦编辑
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Accompany (for protection), escort, attend, keep company with, go along with.
n. Attendance (for the purpose of protection), escort.
阿伊达整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Escort, guard, protection, conduct
ANT:Loss, betrayal, capture, interception
格雷格整理
解释:
v.t. to accompany for protection.—n. Con′voy the act of convoying: protection: that which convoys or is convoyed esp. a ship or ships of war guarding a fleet of merchant-vessels also the ships so protected: an honourable escort: a supply of stores &c. under escort.
整理:薇尔玛
例句:
- The doctor-seeking messenger meets the doctor halfway, coming under convoy of police. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I sent a gunboat also as a convoy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- As the gunboats were going around to Donelson by the Tennessee, Ohio and Cumberland rivers, I directed Thayer to turn about and go under their convoy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Driving in convoy is not unpleasant if you are the first car and I settled back in the seat and watched the country. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- It is a hot day; he comes in panting; she must convoy him to the kitchen, and see with her own eyes that his water-bowl is replenished. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- One day a gold convoy came down from Ballarat to Melbourne, and we lay in wait for it and attacked it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- A force of seven hundred men had come out from Mecca to convoy home another caravan, and they encountered a large raiding party of three hundred. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- None of the trucks had lights and they were moving down the road in a long convoy. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- A million veteran fighting-men from Helium's thin waterways man the battleships, the transports, and the convoys, he replied. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Supplies for armies of then unheard-of size could not be carried in convoys, and the French soon became familiar with 'living on the country. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- At Thark lie the transports for the green warriors of Tars Tarkas, nine hundred large troopships, and with them their convoys. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The Romans blockaded, cut up convoys, attacked stragglers, and ran away whenever Hannibal appeared. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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