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单词 convoy
释义
convoy1 nounconvoy2 verb
convoycon‧voy1 /ˈkɒnvɔɪ $ ˈkɑːn-/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINconvoy
Origin:
1500-1600 French convoi, from Old French conveier, convoier; CONVEY
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A 50-truck convoy was carrying food and medicine to the refugees.
  • Submarines sank all but one of the ships in the convoy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Dozens of officers descended when one convoy stopped in a lay-by.
  • Lampard searched the darkness, trying to see where the convoy ended.
  • Navy and merchant vessels, also using lamps, still use Morse signals in convoy while running under radio silence.
  • Next day Dennis and Osborne participated in a further attack on another convoy.
  • The Rentokil convoy of vehicles was a sight to behold.
  • Voice over Police are already monitoring the movements of travellers convoys and the exclusion order will give them widespread powers of arrest.
  • We had scarcely survived a convoy of high articulated lorries to reach the safety of a country lane.
  • Whiteley, had sighted a convoy of five freighters escorted by three destroyers to the south-west of Pantelleria.
word sets
WORD SETS
accelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + convoy
(=taking food, clothes, medicine etc to people in disaster areas)· The United Nations aid convoy finally reached the border.
(=taking food)· Troops were sent to guard the food convoys.
· 28 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military convoy.
(=carrying weapons)· a heavily armed convoy of three vehicles
· The troops' truck convoy was travelling along the edge of the desert.
(=of police vehicles)· Rebels have ambushed a police convoy in the east.
verbs
(=go together, in separate vehicles)· We could all meet up somewhere and go in convoy.
(=go with a convoy)· Troops will escort convoys of emergency food through the war zones.
(=attack a convoy)· Gunmen ambushed a convoy of trucks heading north.
· The military convoy was carrying supplies to a NATO base at Malatya.
· The convoy arrived in Gelib carrying 450 tonnes of food.
· When is the convoy expected to reach its destination?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· A relief convoy of 10 trucks set off with food and medical supplies.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· A military convoy was moving towards Budapest.
NOUN
· The statement followed assurances from country's warring factions that they would no longer block aid convoys or distribution.· Gen Morillon was also negotiating with local commanders yesterday to try to get aid convoys moving again in eastern Bosnia.
· But it hopes its contribution will form part of an international force protecting food convoys.· On July 16 Renamo and the government signed a joint humanitarian declaration designed to allow unrestricted passage for food convoys.
· They were afraid of reprisal because the Arabs had just ambushed a relief convoy at Kubri.
VERB
· Like the other parts of the convoy, the tractors carry steel plating for protection.· The convoy carrying equipment from the docks stretched for 46 miles.
· Five people helping lead a convoy of aid from Oxfordshire are missing feared dead.· But DeLatorre, leading the convoy, made better time than he expected.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • An Axis supply convoy was now spotted by a Maryland, and on 7 May an attack was laid on.
  • At other times, they waged an incessant guerrilla war, attacking isolated Roman garrisons, ambushing caravans, cutting supply routes.
  • From the summit there is a view of the Roman supply route, Dere Street.
  • Mr Mobutu had cut the supply route after a dispute with Mr Savimbi.
  • None of the supply routes go close to the point where Sunderby's aircraft ditched.
  • The bases and the well-traveled supply routes that kept them run-ning were as obvious as Nui Ba Den.
  • This time Dennis claimed hits on a destroyer while Osborne inflicted damage on a supply ship.
a group of vehicles or ships travelling together, sometimes in order to protect one anotherconvoy of The British left in a convoy of 20 cars.in convoy We drove in convoy. a military convoyaid/relief/food etc convoyCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + convoyan aid/relief/humanitarian convoy (=taking food, clothes, medicine etc to people in disaster areas)· The United Nations aid convoy finally reached the border.a food convoy (=taking food)· Troops were sent to guard the food convoys.a military/army/troop convoy· 28 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military convoy.an armed convoy (=carrying weapons)· a heavily armed convoy of three vehiclesa truck/vehicle convoy· The troops' truck convoy was travelling along the edge of the desert.a police convoy (=of police vehicles)· Rebels have ambushed a police convoy in the east.verbsgo in convoy (=go together, in separate vehicles)· We could all meet up somewhere and go in convoy.escort a convoy (=go with a convoy)· Troops will escort convoys of emergency food through the war zones.ambush a convoy (=attack a convoy)· Gunmen ambushed a convoy of trucks heading north.a convoy carries something· The military convoy was carrying supplies to a NATO base at Malatya.a convoy arrives· The convoy arrived in Gelib carrying 450 tonnes of food.a convoy reaches something· When is the convoy expected to reach its destination?
convoy1 nounconvoy2 verb
convoyconvoy2 verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
convoy
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyconvoy
he, she, itconvoys
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyconvoyed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave convoyed
he, she, ithas convoyed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad convoyed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill convoy
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have convoyed
Continuous Form
PresentIam convoying
he, she, itis convoying
you, we, theyare convoying
PastI, he, she, itwas convoying
you, we, theywere convoying
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been convoying
he, she, ithas been convoying
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been convoying
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be convoying
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been convoying
word sets
WORD SETS
action stations, nounaide-de-camp, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft carrier, nounairlift, nounallied, adjectivearmour, nounarms control, nounarms race, nounarray, verbassault course, nounAWOL, adjectivebalance of power, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbase, nounbattle, nounbattle, verbbattle cry, nounbattlefield, nounbattlements, nounbeachhead, nounbivouac, nounblackout, nounblast, verbblitz, nounblockade, nounblockade, verbblockhouse, nounbloodshed, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounbomb, verbbombard, verbbombardment, nounbomb disposal, nounboot camp, nounbowman, nounbreastplate, nounbridgehead, nounbunker, nouncall-up, nouncannonade, nouncapability, nouncaptain, nouncapture, nouncarrier, nouncashier, verbcenotaph, nounchief of staff, nouncitation, nouncivil defence, nounC.O., nouncommand, nouncommand, verbcommandant, nouncommander, nouncommander in chief, nouncommand post, nouncommissariat, nouncommissary, nouncommission, nouncommissioned officer, nounconquer, verbconquest, nounconscientious objector, nounconscript, verbconscript, nounconscription, nounconvoy, verbcookhouse, nounCorp., corporal, nouncorps, nouncounterinsurgency, nouncounterintelligence, nouncountermand, verbcounter-revolution, nouncourt-martial, nouncourt-martial, verbcross, noundawn raid, noundeath camp, noundemilitarize, verbdemobilize, verbdeploy, verbdetonate, verbdisarm, verbdisarmament, noundispatch, noundraft board, noundraft card, noundraft dodger, noundraftee, noundress uniform, noundrum major, noundump, nounechelon, nounencamp, verbenemy, nounengage, verbengagement, nounenlist, verbenlisted, adjectiveexchange, nounex-serviceman, nounex-servicewoman, nounfield, verbfirst lieutenant, nounfirst strike, nounflak jacket, nounflash, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoxhole, nounFPO, front, noungas mask, noungeneral headquarters, nounGHQ, nounguardhouse, nounheadquarters, nounhigh command, nounHQ, nounincursion, nounindefensible, adjectiveinsignia, nouninstallation, nouninsubordination, nounintelligence, nouninternment, nouninvade, verbinvader, nouninvasion, nounkit bag, nounKP, nounlieutenant, nounline, nounMaj., major, nounmajor general, nounman, nounmarch, verbmarch, nounmarch-past, nounmarshal, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmess, nounmess, verbmilitarism, nounmilitarized, adjectiveMilitary Academy, nounMilitary Cross, nounmilitary service, nounmilitia, nounmilitiaman, nounminuteman, nounmission, nounMP, nounmutineer, nounmutinous, adjectivemutiny, nounnational service, nounNATO, nounNCO, nounno-man's-land, nounnon-aggression, nounnon-aligned, adjectivenon-combatant, nounobjective, nounobservation post, nounoccupation, nounoccupy, verboffence, nounoffensive, adjectiveoffensive, nounofficer, nounoperation, nounorderly, nounoutflank, verboutpost, nounoverthrow, verboverwhelm, verbpact, nounpadre, nounparade, nounparamilitary, adjectiveparapet, nounpartisan, nounpassword, nounpatrol, nounperilous, adjectiveperiscope, nounpillbox, nounpincer movement, nounpost, verbPOW, nounpre-war, adjectiveprisoner, nounprisoner of war, nounPurple Heart, nounpush, nounputsch, nounPX, nounquarter, verbquartermaster, nounquell, verbR & R, nounraid, nounraid, verbrank, nounrebellion, nounrecapture, verbreconnaissance, nounreconnoitre, verbrecruit, verbrecruit, nounreinforce, verbrelieve, verbRemembrance Day, nounrepel, verbrequisition, verbretake, verbretire, verbretreat, verbretreat, nounreview, nounreview, verbribbon, nounsabre-rattling, nounsally, nounsalute, verbsalute, nounsalvo, nounsamurai, nounscorched earth policy, nounscout, nounscout, verbscramble, verbsecond lieutenant, nounsentinel, nounsentry, nounsentry box, nounsergeant, nounsergeant major, nounserviceman, nounservicewoman, nounSgt., shell, verbshelling, nounsiege, nounskirmish, nounstaff officer, nounstaging area, nounstandard-issue, adjectivestar, nounstation, nounstation, verbstrategic, adjectivestrategist, nounstrategy, nounstripe, nounstronghold, nounsuperpower, nounsuppress, verbsurgical strike, nounsurrender, verbsurrender, nountactical, adjectivetarget, nountarget, verbtask force, nountattoo, nountheatre, nountrench warfare, nountripwire, nountruce, nounturret, noununarmed, adjectiveunoccupied, adjectivevalour, nounveteran, nounvolunteer, nounvolunteer, verbwar chest, nounwar crime, nounwar cry, nounwar dance, nounwar effort, nounwarfare, nounwarhorse, nounwarlike, adjectivewarlord, nounwar memorial, nounwarmonger, nounwarrant officer, nounwarring, adjectivewarrior, nounwar-torn, adjectivewar widow, nounwar zone, nounwounded, adjectivezero hour, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· A relief convoy of 10 trucks set off with food and medical supplies.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • An Axis supply convoy was now spotted by a Maryland, and on 7 May an attack was laid on.
  • At other times, they waged an incessant guerrilla war, attacking isolated Roman garrisons, ambushing caravans, cutting supply routes.
  • From the summit there is a view of the Roman supply route, Dere Street.
  • Mr Mobutu had cut the supply route after a dispute with Mr Savimbi.
  • None of the supply routes go close to the point where Sunderby's aircraft ditched.
  • The bases and the well-traveled supply routes that kept them run-ning were as obvious as Nui Ba Den.
  • This time Dennis claimed hits on a destroyer while Osborne inflicted damage on a supply ship.
to travel with something in order to protect it:  American destroyers helped to convoy much-needed supplies to Britain in 1917.
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