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单词 escort
释义 escort
  n.   /es"kawrt/;  v.   /i skawrt"/,  n.  
  1. a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
  2. an armed guard, as a body of soldiers or ships: The president traveled with a large escort of motorcycle police.
  3. a man or boy who accompanies a woman or girl in public, as to a social event.
  4. protection, safeguard, or guidance on a journey: to travel without escort.
  v.t.  
  5. to attend or accompany as an escort.
 [1570-80; < F < It scorta, deriv. of scorgere to conduct < VL *excorrigere. See EX-1, CORRECT]
 Syn. 4. convoy. 5. conduct, usher, squire, chaperon, take, guide. See accompany.
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