语言选择:
免费网上英汉字典|3Dict

convoy

资料来源 : pyDict

护送,护卫,警护护航,护送

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Convoy \Con"voy\, n. [F. convoi.]
   1. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so
      attended; protection; escort.

            To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war. --Macaulay.

   2. A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons,
      employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money,
      subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.

   3. A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way
      from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for
      protection or guidance.

            When every morn my bosom glowed To watch the convoy
            on the road.                          --Emerson.

   4. Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.] --Shak.

   5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to
      check their velocity in going down a hill. --Knight.

Convoy \Con*voy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convoyed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Convoying}.] [F. convoyer, OF. conveier, convoier. See
   {Convey}.]
   To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend
   for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a
   merchantman.

         I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope
         and joy.                                 --Emerson.

资料来源 : WordNet®

convoy
     n 1: a procession of land vehicles traveling together
     2: a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships
     3: the act of escorting while in transit
     v : escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the
         battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships
         across the Pacific"
依字母排序 : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z