/ˈeskɔːt/1
- a person, vehicle, ship, or aircraft, or a group of these, accompanying another for protection, security, or as a mark of rank护送者; 护卫队; 护航舰（队）; 护航飞机; 护航机群：
a police escort
警卫队
mass noun he was driven away under armed escort.他在警卫队护送下被用汽车送走了。
1.1
- a man who accompanies a woman to a particular social event陪同女子参加社交活动的男子。
1.2
- a person, typically a woman, who may be hired to accompany someone socially（受雇陪人出入社交场合的）陪同人, 陪侍者（尤指女子）：
as modifier an escort agency.陪侍公司。
/ɪˈskɔːt/
with obj.
- accompany (someone or something) somewhere, especially for protection, security, or as a mark of rank护送; 陪同; 为…护航：
Shiona escorted Janice to the door
希奥娜送贾尼斯到门口
the shipment was escorted by armed patrol boats.
货物的运送由全副武装的巡逻船护航。
词源
late 16th cent. (originally denoting a body of armed men escorting travellers)： from French escorte(noun), escorter (verb), from Italian scorta, feminine past participle of scorgere 'to conduct, guide', based on Latin ex- 'out of'+ corrigere 'set right' （see CORRECT）.