单词 | caravan |
释义 | caravan —caravanist, n. /kar"euh van'/, n. , v. , caravaned or caravanned, caravaning or caravanning. n. 1. a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc. 2. any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles: a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan. 3. a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.; van. 4. Chiefly Brit. a house on wheels; trailer. v.t. 5. to carry in or as if in a caravan: Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors. v.i. 6. to travel in or as if in a caravan: They caravaned through Egypt. [1590-1600; earlier carovan < It carovana < Pers karwan] Syn. 1. parade, procession, train, cavalcade, band. |
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