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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
  狙击手向救援车队开火的事情很常见。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• A group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys.
  协同攻击敌人护航船的潜艇群。
• 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。