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• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɒn.vɔɪ/
• 韻: -ɔɪ

名詞

convoy (plural convoys)

1. (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
2. A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
   • 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:

     '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.

3. The act of convoying; protection.

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関連する語

• convey

動詞

convoy (third-person singular simple present convoys, present participle convoying, simple past and past participle convoyed)

1. (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.

   A frigate convoys a merchantman.

   • 1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 23:

     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, […]

2. (intransitive) To travel under convoy.

派生語

Further reading

• “convoy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “convoy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “convoy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.