- a group of ships or vehicles travelling together, typically one accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection受护船队; 受护车队。
with obj.
- (of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection（军舰或武装部队）为…护航; 护送。
短语
in convoy
- (of travelling vehicles) as a group; together（旅行车队等）同行; 结队：
the army trucks had passed through in convoy the previous evening.
前一天晚上军用卡车结队过去了。
词源
late Middle English （originally Scots, as a verb in the senses 'convey', 'conduct', and 'act as escort'）： from French convoyer, from medieval Latin conviare （see CONVEY）.