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

• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here.
  车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。
• 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。
• 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 streets were jammed with slow moving traffic, army convoys moving north-east.
  军车队向东北方向行驶，致使街道上车流缓慢，交通拥挤。
• 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。
• 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。
• A group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys.
  协同攻击敌人护航船的潜艇群。
• In the same period, one in every six convoys carrying humanitarian aid to the refugee camps was attacked;
  就在这同一时期，对难民营进行人道援助的护送队中六分之一都遭到攻击；
• Since the founding of our company, have their own independent customs broker, truck convoys and convoy.
  我们公司成立以来，拥有自己独立的报关行，车队和集卡车队。
• 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。