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

• Local river craft are still physically towed upstream in convoys.
  当地河船（筏）在护送中还是通过人力托着逆流而行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys.
  协同攻击敌人护航船的潜艇群。
• 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。
• Throughout Libya's rebellion, several convoys of Gadhafi allies have crossed into Niger on what the government in Niamey calls humanitarian grounds.
  在利比亚起义的过程中，好几个卡扎菲盟友的车队越境进入尼日尔，首都在尼亚美的尼日尔政府表示，这是出于人道主义。
• Shipping was being marshalled into convoys.
  全部船舶正被组成相互护航的船队。
• 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。