单词 | escort |
释义 | escort Word forms: escorts, escorting , escorted pronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (eskɔːʳt ). The verb is pronounced (ɪskɔːʳt ). 1. countable noun An escort is a person who travels with someone in order to protect or guard them. He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine. under escort phrase If someone is taken somewhere under escort, they are accompanied by guards, either because they have been arrested or because they need to be protected. ...a group being taken under police escort to the city outskirts. 2. countable noun An escort is a person who accompanies another person to a social event. Sometimes people are paid to be escorts. My sister needed an escort for a company dinner. Synonyms: companion, partner, attendant, guide 3. verb If you escort someone somewhere, you accompany them there, usually in order to make sure that they leave a place or get to their destination. I escorted him to the door. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] The vessel was escorted to an undisclosed port. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: accompany, lead, partner, conduct Collocations: escort a prisoner A guard escorted the prisoner from behind a fence topped with razor wire. Christianity Today But after his departure armed men in civilian clothes escorted the prisoners to a farm hangar in a nearby village. Times, Sunday Times A prison officer who suffered head injuries in an attack as she escorted a prisoner to a van after a court appearance has died. Times, Sunday Times He undertook the trip alone without an escort boat to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the ocean. Times, Sunday Times She also arranged to have back-up monitors and medication in the escort boats. Times, Sunday Times Even the escort boats seemed briefly to have lost him. Times, Sunday Times They will be protected by eight escort boats, each of which will be manned by a dozen armed guards. Times, Sunday Times Backed by three escort boats and smeared in porpoise oil, he set off into the ebb tide at a steady breaststroke. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Anyone moving around was escorted home under threat of arrest. Times, Sunday Times She saw him again only once, in a theatre, where she broke down and had to be escorted home. The Times Literary Supplement His two daughters, then aged 15 and 10, were said to have fled in terror and were escorted home by police. Times, Sunday Times That means 24-hour protection from ten armed commandos with an escort vehicle - all courtesy of the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times If the attackers get hold of an escort vehicle, the defenders must destroy it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The truck had been led over the bridge by a pilot escort vehicle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For overwidth or overheight trucks one escort vehicle will ride several miles ahead of the truck to ensure the road ahead can accommodate the truck's oversize dimensions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This reminded me of one of those oversized loads on the motorway that have escort vehicles with flashing lights. Times, Sunday Times As the team bus departed, with a police and military escort, a few dozen angry fans shouted vergonha, meaning shame or disgrace. Times, Sunday Times Engineers need a military escort to get on the sensitive special forces base to repair and maintain the pipe. The Sun The attackers were repelled by the convoy's military escort. Times, Sunday Times He frequently travelled around the country performing inspections in dress uniform followed by a military escort, a mobile radio station, an official biographer, and cabinet members. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was accompanied by his daughter (by his first wife who had died in 1782) and his new wife, an artist, servants and a military escort. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unhappy at the high speed of their motorcycle escort, they shouted out of the window 'pas si vite'. Times, Sunday Times The players have a police motorcycle escort to the stadium. The Sun The cortege received a police motorcycle escort through crowded streets to a private interment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The motorcycle escorts are trained to look out for trouble ahead. Times, Sunday Times On the return journey police provided an escort. Times, Sunday Times A police van provided an escort while helicopter gunships hovered over the route. Times, Sunday Times The cavalry then even provided an escort until they got into town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 护卫, 护送 Japanese: 護衛する, 付き添い |
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