caravans

英 [ˈkærəvænz]

美 [ˈkærəˌvænz]

n.  旅行拖车，宿营拖车(无发动机，由其他车拖动，多供度假时住宿用); (供居住用的)有篷马车，大篷车; (尤指穿越沙漠的)旅行队，车队
caravan的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 旅行拖车;大篷车;房车
  Acaravanis a vehicle without an engine that can be pulled by a car or van. It contains beds and cooking equipment so that people can live or spend their holidays in it.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 trailer


• N-COUNT (带着牲口的一群人结伴而行的)旅行队;车队
  Acaravanis a group of people and animals or vehicles who travel together.
  1. ...the old caravan routes from Central Asia to China.
     从中亚到中国的古老的旅行线路

双语例句

• But at one time there were cities along this route, perhaps exacting a toll from the passing caravans and profiting from the trade of provisions and services.
  但是沿线一度有几个城市大概会向过往的大篷车队收取过路费，并从食品和服务贸易中获益。
• Many caravans are let by private individuals through adverts in papers or shop windows.
  许多旅行拖车由私人通过在报纸或商店橱窗上做广告出租。
• The modern version is not an attempt to mirror the old Silk Road, which was itself a series of roads and trails along which caravans carried China's and central Asia's silks by camel towards medieval Europe.
  现代版丝绸之路并不是要重现古代丝绸之路。古代丝绸之路是一条由一系列道路和小路组成的通道，商队用骆驼把中国和中亚的丝绸运往中世纪的欧洲。
• Infelicitous circumstances; unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes-American Guide Series.
  悲惨的环境；不幸的商队，脱离了队伍徒步走在沼泽和藤丛之中&《美国导游丛书》。
• As caravans made their way westward, Buddhist travelers would stop at the holy shrines carved into a mountainside.
  由于大篷车队是西行，佛教徒旅行者们将在雕刻在山腰的圣坛驻足。
• He stayed in a caravans ① for the night.
  今晚他留在一个大旅店里过夜。
• We would hear their caravans approaching our neighborhood, the mewling of their sheep, the "baaing" of their goats, the jingle of bells around their camels'necks.
  我们能听到他们的牧群走近的声音：绵羊咪咪，山羊咩咩，还有那叮当作响的驼铃。
• He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually repeating Freedom!
  旅店里有一个金鸟笼，里面有一只漂亮的鹦鹉在不停地反复呼喊着自由！自由！，这让他很震惊。
• A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans for the night.
  一个人，一个了不起的人，一个为了自由而战的斗士，正在山峦间穿行。今晚他留在一个大旅店里过夜。
• Both the people and animals in the caravans could rest and refresh themselves at each hotel before continuing on long journeys.
  商队的旅客和牲畜每到一处客店，都可稍事休息，以便恢复精力，继续踏上征途。