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单词 caravan
释义
caravancar‧a‧van /ˈkærəvæn/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcaravan
Origin:
1500-1600 Italian caravana, from Persian karwan
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • At least three caravans and sometimes as many as twelve have been there.
  • Finally, as the light faded, we set off back to the caravan.
  • John and Angela sat dazed and bewildered as men spilled out of the back of the caravan.
  • Lines of washing hung between the caravans, transistor radios played loudly.
  • Some arrived with tents or caravans.
  • These in effect were stations on the caravan line.
  • This caravan system could not be coordinated with maritime trade except by means of an extensive semi-capitalist organization.
  • Wondering what had caused this sudden transformation I stepped inside the caravan.
word sets
WORD SETS
all-terrain, adjectivebackpedal, verbbicycle, nounbicycle, verbbike, nounbike, verbbrougham, nounbuckboard, nounbuggy, nouncab, nouncaravan, nouncarriage, nouncart, nouncarter, nouncarthorse, nouncavalcade, nounchariot, nouncharioteer, nounchuck wagon, nouncoach, nouncoachman, nouncoaster brake, nouncrossbar, nouncycle, nouncycle, verbdismount, verbdogcart, noundogsled, noundray, nounfork, nounfreewheel, verbgoad, verbgoad, nounhackney carriage, nounhandcart, nounhandlebars, nounhansom, nounharness, nounharness, verbhayride, nounhorse-drawn, adjectivehorseshoe, nounhorsewoman, nounhowdah, nounhusky, nounlandau, nounmountain bike, nounoxcart, nounpack animal, nounpack horse, nounpair, nounpedal, nounpedal, verbpenny-farthing, nounpush-bike, nounpushcart, nounreflector, nounrickshaw, nounride, verbsaddle, nounsaddle bag, nounsedan chair, nounsledge, nounsledge, verbsleigh, nounspoke, nounstagecoach, nounsurgery, nounsurrey, nountandem, nounteam, nountrace, nountrailer, nountrap, nountricycle, nountruck, noununicycle, nounvelodrome, nounwagon, nounwagon train, nounwheelwright, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
(=area of land where people can park their caravans)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
British English:· A well-run caravan site near the river brings holidaymakers into the village.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· It's all rather like an old-fashioned gypsy caravan.· Local councils would also have greater powers of eviction and be free of their legal duty to provide gypsy caravan sites.· Joanne described the gypsy caravan perfectly, even though she had never seen one, even in a picture.
· Continuing on, the path re-enters the woodland to a caravan park.· Follow the cinder path through the caravan park until you reach a surfaced road.· There is a caravan park, mercifully hidden from the village street.· Our caravan park offers over 50 acres to roam in and enjoy.· Visitors are catered for by hotels, guest houses and a large caravan park and many of them have a regular clientele.· Today there is a large but discreet caravan park around the farm.· The latest victim was a 44-year-old woman on holiday with her boyfriend at a caravan park south of Durban.· She was last night being comforted by her boyfriend at a caravan park near the beach.
· The quarries on the skyline are now used as caravan sites.· The owners have built a gift shop and a tastefully laid out caravan site on the actual station area.· Sand-le-Mere now gives its name to a large caravan site which is nearby.· Turn left through the caravan site to stile leading to abandoned railway track, on which turn right.· This route is often used by visitors to the caravan site at Six Arches.· Guns at dawn: Police raid caravan site after post office robbery.· He was Dad's kid brother and he lived outside Hull on a caravan site.· She ran a caravan site and rented out grazing and stables at the lowest rate in the neighbourhood - naturally!
VERB
· Instead she moved permanently into the camp, living in a caravan with an old granny called Madge.· Since their wedding 5 years ago she and husband Mark had lived in a caravan at nearby Fulbrook.· There was, reported clerk Bob Park, a family living in a caravan parked in a layby on Trinity Hall.· I live in that caravan on the edge of the cliff.· Think of living in a yacht as living in a caravan, eating out in the evenings.
1caravan (1) British English a vehicle that a car can pull and in which people can live and sleep when they are on holiday SYN trailer American Englishcaravan site/park (=area of land where people can park their caravans)2British English a covered vehicle that is pulled by a horse, and in which people can live SYN wagon American English:  a gipsy caravan3a group of people with animals or vehicles who travel together for safety, especially through a desert
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