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

• 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；
• 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。
• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here.
  车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Shipping was being marshalled into convoys.
  全部船舶正被组成相互护航的船队。
• Using YouTube video, the report tracked the movement of Russian convoys, including armored vehicles and self-propelled artillery.
  该报告通过YouTube视频追踪俄罗斯车队的行动，车队中有装甲车和自行火炮。