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caravan

/kar-uh-van/US // ˈkær əˌvæn //UK // (ˈkærəˌvæn) //

大篷车,篷车,房车,车队

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
    • : 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.
    • : a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.; van.
    • : Chiefly British. a house on wheels; trailer.
v.有主动词 verb
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    car·a·vaned or car·a·vanned, car·a·van·ing or car·a·van·ning.

    • : to carry in or as if in a caravan: Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors.
v.无主动词 verb
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    car·a·vaned or car·a·vanned, car·a·van·ing or car·a·van·ning.

    • : to travel in or as if in a caravan: They caravaned through Egypt.

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Examples

  • The event included a caravan of cars and other vehicles decorated with LGBTQ Pride related signs or ornaments that traveled across the city.

  • After the poetry and the prayers, a caravan of cars drove past JaMarcus’ childhood home, his elementary school, the church where he was married, to a cemetery, tucked into a forest, where his parents were buried.

  • After checking in, you will make your way to each designated checkpoint, as part of a caravan of vehicles.

  • No child dreams of fleeing north in a migrant caravan, growing up to become a cartel hit man, or collecting “rent” for a street gang.

  • Border closures have scuttled the constant caravans of interior design and luxury fashion shows in Milan, London, New York, and Paris.

  • A caravan of trams stuck in the middle of the medieval city waited in line for the protest to end.

  • On May 13, 2014, a pickup truck approached a caravan of white vans moving on a road near Baqubah, east of Baghdad, in Iraq.

  • I met a girl on holiday in a caravan park—which you guys call a trailer park—and she was from Northern Ireland.

  • The caravan was carrying humanitarian aid, Russian authorities said.

  • The progress of the caravan of SUVs and buses ferrying the embassy staff out to Tunisia was monitored in real-time in Washington.

  • I decided to go with the caravan into the town because the caravan people knew the shortest way.

  • No sooner had the caravan reached us than our attention was drawn to the faces of the camels probing the distance.

  • Toward midday the whole caravan stopped and all the animals were tied under different trees for two or three hours to rest.

  • Soon a cuckoo called from the distance and in a few moments the caravan was ready to move on.

  • As the caravan came nearer, David was convinced that he saw before him the owner of the cache and the canine.