| 词组 | convoy |
| 释义 | convoy /ˈkɒnvɔɪ $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun a group of vehicles or ships travelling together, sometimes in order to protect one anotheradjectives/nouns + convoyan aid/relief/humanitarian convoy (=taking food, clothes, medicine etc to people in disaster areas) A relief convoy was turned back at the border.a food convoy Troops guard the food convoys.a military/army convoy The military convoy moved towards Budapest.a naval convoy The ship is part of a US naval convoy.a troop convoy Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack on a troop convoy.a police convoy (=of police vehicles) He was driven off at speed in a police convoy.an armed convoy The president travelled to the meeting in an armed convoy.a refugee convoy (=of people trying to escape from a war, disaster etc) The refugee convoy consisted of several hundred buses and 3,000 people.a truck/vehicle convoy The troops’ truck convoy was travelling along the edge of the desert.verbsjoin a convoy Three more cars joined the convoy.lead a convoy Alan led the convoy in his blue sports car.escort a convoy (=go with a convoy) Troops will escort convoys of emergency food through the war zone.ambush a convoy (=hide and then attack as it passes) Gunmen ambushed a convoy of trucks heading north.a convoy carries/transports sth The military convoy was carrying supplies to a NATO base.a convoy arrives/leaves The convoy arrived carrying 450 tonnes of food.a convoy reaches sth When is the convoy expected to reach its destination?prepositionsa convoy of sb/sth A convoy of military vehicles rumbled past.be in a convoy There were seven cars in the convoy.in convoy (=travelling together, in separate vehicles) We all drove to the beach in convoy. |
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