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

• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here.
  车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。
• 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。
• A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
  一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。
• 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。
• In recent days, red shirts have been arriving in Bangkok by road convoys.
  最近，红衫军藉由公路车队到达曼谷。
• Outside the Green Zone, diplomatic convoys are prime targets for insurgents, militiamen and freelance kidnappers.
  在绿区外，外交车队是反叛者、武装人员和雇佣绑架者的主要袭击目标。
• 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。
• U.N. aid convoys have unimpeded access to the city.
  联合国救援车队可以畅通无阻地进入该市。
• Local river craft are still physically towed upstream in convoys.
  当地河船（筏）在护送中还是通过人力托着逆流而行。
• 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。