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caravan

noun
🔊/ˈkærəvæn/
🔊/ˈkærəvæn/
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  1. (British English)
    (North American English camper)
    a road vehicle without an engine that is pulled by a car, designed for people to live and sleep in, especially when they are on holiday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）
    • a caravan site/park旅行拖车停车场
    • The local farmer lets holiday caravans park on his land.当地的那名农夫让度假的房车停在他的土地上。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2, Holidaysb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • holiday
    • touring
    • motor
    • …
    verb + caravan
    • pull
    • tow
    • live in
    • …
    caravan + verb
    • park
    caravan + noun
    • holiday
    • park
    • site
    • …
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  2. (British English) a covered vehicle that is pulled by a horse and used for living in（供居住用的）有篷马车，大篷车
    • a Gypsy caravan吉卜赛人的大篷车
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • horse-drawn
    • Gypsy
    verb + caravan
    • pull
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  3. a group of people with vehicles or animals who are travelling together, especially across the desert（尤指穿越沙漠的）旅行队，车队
    Extra Examples
    • a caravan of trucks/​cars/​vehicles货车队；汽车队；车队
    • The caravan of cars and trucks moved up the highway.汽车和卡车的旅行车在高速公路上移动。
    • The caravan travelled slowly eastwards.大篷车缓慢地向东行驶。
    • The supply caravan failed to reach the camp.补给车队未能到达营地。
    • They travelled by horse and camel caravan.他们骑着马和骆驼结队而行。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • camel
    • bus
    • travelling/​traveling
    • …
    verbs
    • join
    • lead
    preposition
    • caravan of
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    4. Word Originlate 15th cent. (in sense (3)): from French caravane, from Persian kārwān. The sense ‘covered horse-drawn wagon’ dates from the early 19th cent.