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。
• 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。
• Otherwise it must detach units to preserve signal and road communications, protect dumps and convoys.
  否则必须派遣部队去维持秩序和交通，保护仓库和运输。
• 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。
• A group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys.
  协同攻击敌人护航船的潜艇群。
• The prime minister of Somalia has announced the creation of a special force to protect convoys delivering aid to people affected by drought and famine.
  索马里总理宣布建立一个特殊的部队，以保护向干旱和饥荒地区运送救助物资的车队。
• 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。
• Shipping was being marshalled into convoys.
  全部船舶正被组成相互护航的船队。
• But ambushes of convoys of security men are certainly taking place.
  但是保安人员对车队的伏击是肯定发生的。