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convoy

noun
🔊/ˈkɒnvɔɪ/
🔊/ˈkɑːnvɔɪ/
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  1. a group of vehicles or ships travelling together, especially when soldiers or other vehicles travel with them for protection（尤指有士兵护送的）车队，船队
    • a convoy of trucks/lorries/freighters被护送的卡车／货船队
    • A United Nations aid convoy loaded with food and medicine finally got through to the besieged town.一支联合国援助车队载着食物和药物终于抵达了被围困的城镇。🔊🔊
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    • a large convoy of lorries carrying medical supplies载有医疗用品的大型卡车队
    • the next aid convoy to the war-torn region下一支去战乱地区的援助车队
    • the proposal to send 500 armed soldiers to escort food convoys派遣 500 名武装士兵护送食物车队的建议
    • I overtook a convoy of trucks.我赶了一支车队。
    • Journalists travelled with the convoy.记者与车队一起旅行。
    • One ship in the convoy struck an iceberg.护卫舰中的一艘船撞上了冰山。
    • Rebels blocked the passage of a military convoy.叛军阻止了一个军事车队的通过。
    • The UN aid convoy finally got through with supplies of food.载有食物供给的联合国援助车队终于到了。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • armed
    • army
    • military
    • …
    verb + convoy
    • lead
    • escort
    • protect
    • …
    convoy + verb
    • carry something
    • arrive
    • move
    • …
    preposition
    • in convoy
    • convoy of
    • convoy to
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots, as a verb in the senses ‘convey’, ‘conduct’, and ‘act as escort’): from French convoyer, from medieval Latin conviare, from con- ‘together’ + Latin via ‘way’.
Idioms
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  1. (of travelling vehicles行驶中的车辆) as a group; together结队；组队
    • We drove in convoy because I didn't know the route.因为我不熟悉路线，所以我们结队行驶。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • They drove in convoy in case one of the cars broke down.他们结队行驶，以防有车抛锚。
    • The trucks were driving in convoy.卡车结队行驶。
    • The ships sailed in convoy.这些船在护卫下航行。
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