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Convoy Mild 8603.Convoy 英 Kɒnvɒɪ]美 Kɑnvɔɪ 释义 N

正面 8603.convoy
英 ['kɒnvɒɪ]美 ['kɑnvɔɪ]

背面
释义:
n. 护送;护卫;护航队vt. 护航;护送
例句:
1. A convoy of United Nations trucks rolled into Sarajevo today.今天一支联合国卡车车队开进了萨拉热窝。

1. 根据首辅音决定词类含义的原理以及 meek 和 mild 的词源信息猜测,这两个单词很可能具有同源性或者亲缘关系,它们都来源于古北欧语或者古日耳曼语;它们都很可能与词根 medi- / mid- 具有同源性或者亲缘关系,表示一种不偏不倚、不走极端的中庸路线或状态。2. mild + -ly.
convoy 车队,船队con-, 强调。-voy, 路,词源同via, way. 即护送上路的队伍。
convoyconvoy: see conveyconvoy (n.)early 16c., "the act of guiding or escorting for protection," from convoy (v.), late 14c., from Old French convoier, from Vulgar Latin *conviare, literally "go together on the road" (see convey). The meaning "train of ships or wagons carrying munitions or provisions in wartime under protection of escort" is from c. 1600."

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