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

• Shipping was being marshalled into convoys.
  全部船舶正被组成相互护航的船队。
• 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。
• Otherwise it must detach units to preserve signal and road communications, protect dumps and convoys.
  否则必须派遣部队去维持秩序和交通，保护仓库和运输。
• 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。
• Supply convoys continue to pour into remote mountain valleys, loaded with tents, clean water and food.
  装载必需品的供应车队源源不断，开往遥远偏僻的山区，为灾民带去帐篷、饮水和食品。
• 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 United Nations has demanded a guarantee from the army that food convoys will not be attacked.
  联合国已要求军队保证食品护送车队将不会受到攻击。
• 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。
• Militia leaders had halted overland food convoys in the region.
  民兵首领已拦阻了该地区经由陆上运送食品的车队。
• 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。