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

• 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。
• It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
  狙击手向救援车队开火的事情很常见。
• 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。
• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here.
  车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The United Nations has demanded a guarantee from the army that food convoys will not be attacked.
  联合国已要求军队保证食品护送车队将不会受到攻击。