caravan
名词 n.
动词 v.
发音 kărˈə-văn
英文释义
名词 n.
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A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
— To the left the caravan animals, securely picketed, at regular distances of some fifteen yards apart, occupied an area of several acres.
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A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
— An Italian woman, twenty years of age, […] was travelling in a caravan with the baggage of the Duke of Wellington's army, in the middle of the night, in a violent storm, while she was fast asleep, a small monkey with a long chain upon the roof of the caravan took refuge in it […]
- A group of camels.
动词 v.
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To travel in a caravan (procession).
— The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.
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To travel and/or live in a caravan (vehicle).
— When my parents retired they really got back into caravanning.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”).
The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.
The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.
词源 2
From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”).
The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.
The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.
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