英语词汇“escort”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	escort
释义	es·cort I. \ˈeˌskȯr]t, -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: French escorte, from Middle French escorte, scorte, from Old Italian scorta, literally, act of escorting, from scorgere to perceive, escort, guide, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin excorrigere to guide, observe, from Latin ex- + corrigere to correct, make straight — more at correct 1. a. : a body of armed men to guard a person or goods on a journey or to accompany as a mark of respect or honor b. : a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane attending upon one or more vulnerable craft for fending off enemy attack; especially : a group of antisubmarine warships accompanying a convoy of merchant ships as protection c. : protection by an escort < under heavy escort the big ship made the dangerous trip through the Atlantic and Caribbean to the Panama canal — H.L.Merillat > 2. a. : a body of persons or an individual accompanying another or others as protection or as a mark of honor or courtesy < felt it wise to send an escort with the group through the more disreputable parts of the city > < included in the Corps of Queen's Messengers is a limited number of escorts whose duty it is to accompany and assist the queen's messengers on certain types of journey — British Information Services > < I shall give you as many men for an escort as you think necessary, or you may go entirely alone — Carleton Beals > b. : the boy or man who goes on a date with a girl or woman < there were many more men in the community than women, and every girl had a choice of escorts — David Fairchild > < the older woman left her escort sitting at the bar > c. : a man who makes a business of serving as a companion or date for women (as at a restaurant or in attendance at dances or the theater) 3. : the fact of escorting : accompaniment as an escort < he left us, declining our offered escort — Sheridan Le Fanu > < flying close escort for the transports — R.L.Scott > 4. : guide < provide the man with an escort through the intricate ways of the city > especially : one who guides visitors to their destination in an industrial establishment II. \ə̇ˈsk-, (ˈ)e\|sk-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to accompany as an escort < using it as a base, fighters can escort all kinds of bombers to and from Japan — Newsweek > < each spring they lovingly crate dozens of their finest blooms and escort them by overnight express to the Royal Horticultural Society's Rhododendron Show in London — D.S.Boyer > < the sacred relic is escorted by the saffron-robed priests around the town — Rex Moorfoot > < the great liner and escorting tugs — This Week Magazine > 2. a. : conduct < rescued the men and escorted them to a place of safety > < escorting that charming young woman across the terrace — Robert Grant †1940 > < escorted them to their box with a sort of pompous humility — Oscar Wilde > : guide < the tours combine the freedom of traveling by private automobile with the advantages of an escorted tour in such tedious matters as baggage and reservations — Ford Times > b. : to take or lead forcibly < was escorted to headquarters, and almost immediately identified as one of the escaped convicts — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > < two guards assigned to escort a sailor to the brig >
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