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

• 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。
• 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。
• A group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys.
  协同攻击敌人护航船的潜艇群。
• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here.
  车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。
• Armed food convoys carrying free water and food staples are now a regular sight in the Haitian capital.
  武装运送免费水和食物的队伍已经成为海地首都的常见风景。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。