caravan

英 [ˈkærəvæn]

美 [ˈkærəvæn]

n. 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); (供居住用的)有篷马车，大篷车; (尤指穿越沙漠的)旅行队，车队
vi. 乘拖车度假; 参加旅行队旅行

复数：caravans　现在分词：caravanning　过去式：caravanned　第三人称单数：caravans　过去分词：caravanned　

Collins.1 / BNC.4819 / COCA.10211

牛津词典

noun

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 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/vacation
1. a caravan site/park
  旅行拖车停车场
（供居住用的）有篷马车，大篷车
a covered vehicle that is pulled by a horse and used for living in
1. a Gypsy caravan
  吉卜赛人的大篷车
（尤指穿越沙漠的）旅行队，车队
a group of people with vehicles or animals who are travelling together, especially across the desert

旅行拖车;大篷车;房车
Acaravanis a vehicle without an engine that can be pulled by a car or van. It contains beds and cooking equipment so that people can live or spend their holidays in it.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 trailer

N-COUNT (带着牲口的一群人结伴而行的)旅行队;车队
Acaravanis a group of people and animals or vehicles who travel together.
1. ...the old caravan routes from Central Asia to China.
  从中亚到中国的古老的旅行线路

noun

a camper equipped with living quarters
Synonym:van
a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
1. we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels
2. they joined the wagon train for safety
Synonym:trainwagon train

verb

Some people enjoy sleeping in a canvas tent, whereas others prefer a caravan.
一些人喜欢在帆布的帐篷中宿营，还有一些人更喜欢使用他们的活动住宅旅行车。
Now our caravan is setting off again.
我们的车子又出发了。
Once we were part of a caravan of three hundred camels.
我们曾参加有300匹骆驼的商队。
It was a caravan of camels and traders from Midian.
当他们坐下吃饭的时候，举目观看，见有一夥米甸的商人和他们的骆驼队。
This week, our caravan bid farewell to Jiangsu Province and formally entered china's most famous coastal city shanghai.
这一周，我们的车队告别了江苏，正式进入了中国最有名的沿海城市上海。
Pendergood had shovelled the sand out of the caravan.
彭德古德把旅行拖车里的沙子铲了出来。
Once upon a time, a certain tradesman was leading a caravan to another country to sell his goods.
很久以前，有个大商人带领商队去另一个国家卖货。
I was stuck behind a caravan in the slow lane.
我被堵在慢车道上的一辆有篷拖车后面开不过去。
But our caravan is on the road again.
我们的车队又起程了。
He packed off his wife and children to stay in a caravan in Wales
他把妻儿打发到在威尔士的一辆旅行拖车上去住。