con·voy
noun/ˈkɒnvɔɪ/
/ˈkɑːnvɔɪ/
Idioms - a group of vehicles or ships travelling together, especially when soldiers or other vehicles travel with them for protection
（尤指有士兵护送的）车队，船队 - a convoy of trucks/lorries/freighters
被护送的卡车／货船队 - A United Nations aid convoy loaded with food and medicine finally got through to the besieged town.
一支联合国援助车队载着食物和药物终于抵达了被围困的城镇。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc2- a large convoy of lorries carrying medical supplies
载有医疗用品的大型卡车队 - the next aid convoy to the war-torn region
下一支去战乱地区的援助车队 - the proposal to send 500 armed soldiers to escort food convoys
派遣 500 名武装士兵护送食物车队的建议 - I overtook a convoy of trucks.
我超越了一个卡车车队。 - Journalists travelled with the convoy.
记者随车队同行。 - One ship in the convoy struck an iceberg.
护航队中的一艘船撞上了冰山。 - Rebels blocked the passage of a military convoy.
叛军封锁了一支军事车队的通道。 - The UN aid convoy finally got through with supplies of food.
载有食物供给的联合国援助车队终于到了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- armed
- army
- military
- …
- lead
- escort
- protect
- …
- carry something
- arrive
- move
- …
- in convoy
- convoy of
- convoy to
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots, as a verb in the senses ‘convey’, ‘conduct’, and ‘act as escort’): from French convoyer, from medieval Latin conviare, from con- ‘together’ + Latin via ‘way’. - a convoy of trucks/lorries/freighters
Idioms
in convoy
- (of travelling vehicles) as a group; together
结队；组队 - We drove in convoy because I didn't know the route.
因为我不熟悉路线，所以我们结队行驶。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc2- They drove in convoy in case one of the cars broke down.
他们结队行驶，以防有车抛锚。 - The trucks were driving in convoy.
卡车结队行驶。 - The ships sailed in convoy.
这些船在护卫下航行。
- We drove in convoy because I didn't know the route.