- (British English) (North American English camper)
a road vehicle without an engine that is pulled by a car, designed for people to live and sleep in, especially when they are on holiday 旅行拖车,宿营拖车(无发动机,由其他车拖动,多供度假时住宿用) a caravan site/park 旅行拖车停车场 The local farmer lets holiday caravans park on his land. 当地的那名农夫让度假的房车停在他的土地上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- holiday
- touring
- motor
- …
- pull
- tow
- live in
- …
- park
- holiday
- park
- site
- …
- (British English)
a covered vehicle that is pulled by a horse and used for living in (供居住用的)有篷马车,大篷车 a Gypsy caravan 吉卜赛人的大篷车
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- horse-drawn
- Gypsy
- pull
a group of people with vehicles or animals who are travelling together, especially across the desert (尤指穿越沙漠的)旅行队,车队 Extra Examplesa caravan of trucks/cars/vehicles 货车队;汽车队;车队 The caravan of cars and trucks moved up the highway. 由汽车和卡车组成的商队在公路上行进。 The caravan travelled slowly eastwards. 商队慢慢向东行进。 The supply caravan failed to reach the camp. 补给车队没能到达营地。 They travelled by horse and camel caravan. 他们骑着马和骆驼结队而行。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- camel
- bus
- travelling/traveling
- …
- join
- lead
- caravan of
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in sense (3)): from French caravane, from Persian kārwān. The sense ‘covered horse-drawn wagon’ dates from the early 19th cent.