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 waterc2a 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. 我超过了一队卡车。 Journalists travelled with the convoy. 记者随车队同行。 One ship in the convoy struck an iceberg. 护卫队中的一艘船撞上了冰山。 Rebels blocked the passage of a military convoy. 叛乱分子封锁了一个军事车队的通道。 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’.
Idioms
in convoy
(of travelling vehicles 行驶中的车辆 as a group; together 结队；组队 Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc2They 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。