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A convoy is a group of vehicles, ships, or people traveling together, often for safety or because they're going to the same place — a military convoy of trucks, or a convoy of cars driving together to a funeral. As a verb, to convoy means to travel together this way, or to escort and protect something as it travels.
車隊、護送隊
組成From French 'convoyer,' from Latin 'con-' (together) + 'via' (way/road).
同家族的字
- voyageboth ultimately trace back to Latin 'via' (way, road) — a convoy travels together on the way, a voyage is the journey itself
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Convoyname
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A village in County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref C 2101).
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A village in Tully Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, United States, named after the Irish village.
convoynoun/ˈkɒn.vɔɪ/
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nauticaltransportOne or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
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A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
- 'Cause we got a great big convoy Rockin' through the night. Yeah, we got a great big convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight? Come on and join our convoy Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way. We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'Cross the USA.
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The act of convoying; protection.
convoyverb/ˈkɒn.vɔɪ/
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To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
- A frigate convoys a merchantman.
- I know ye skilful to convoy / The total freight of hope and joy / Into rude and homely nooks, / Shed mocking lustres on shelf of books, […]
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To travel under convoy.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。