单词 | rendezvous |
释义 | ren·dez·vous I. 1. a. < met him at the rendezvous agreed on the night before > specifically < the belated arrival of this division at the rendezvous — American Guide Series: Florida > < there were three ports of … rendezvous, any one of which the whaling fleet might make at the end of a season to transship the catch to the schooner tenders — H.A.Chippendale > b. < Lower City Park, a favorite rendezvous for anglers seeking small panfish — American Guide Series: Michigan > c. 2. a. < blue-jacketed sailors hurry to some long-anticipated rendezvous — American Guide Series: Virginia > < rendezvous was made with a tanker and escort and … the ships of the task group refueled — Martin Dibner > b. < kept their rendezvous > < I have a long-delayed rendezvous with the city beneath the sea — H.E.Rieseberg > c. 3. obsolete 4. obsolete Synonyms: see engagement II. intransitive verb 1. < all the cars rendezvous each night at prearranged destinations — Ford Times > 2. obsolete transitive verb < decided to rendezvous two fleets … and to decoy United States ships away with a third fleet — Newsweek > |
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