convoy

車列、護送船団

一緒に移動する車や船の集団。安全のため護衛が付くことが多い。

やさしい英語で： A group of vehicles or ships travelling together, often with guards to keep them safe.

• A convoy entered the city.
• Soldiers escorted the aid convoy through the mountains.
• The ships travelled in convoy across the ocean.

使い方： a convoy of vehicles/ships (A convoy of trucks carried food to the town.); in convoy (The ships sailed in convoy for protection.)

よく使う表現： military convoy, aid convoy, convoy of trucks

護送する、護衛する

車や船を守るため、一緒に移動すること。

やさしい英語で： To travel with vehicles or ships to protect them.

• Warships convoyed the supply ships.
• Soldiers will convoy the trucks through the border region.
• The navy convoyed merchant vessels safely across the sea.

類義語： escort

よく使う表現： convoy merchant ships, convoy supply trucks, convoy something safely