caravans

英 [ˈkærəvænz]

美 [ˈkærəˌvænz]

n.  旅行拖车，宿营拖车(无发动机，由其他车拖动，多供度假时住宿用); (供居住用的)有篷马车，大篷车; (尤指穿越沙漠的)旅行队，车队
caravan的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 旅行拖车;大篷车;房车
  Acaravanis a vehicle without an engine that can be pulled by a car or van. It contains beds and cooking equipment so that people can live or spend their holidays in it.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 trailer


• N-COUNT (带着牲口的一群人结伴而行的)旅行队;车队
  Acaravanis a group of people and animals or vehicles who travel together.
  1. ...the old caravan routes from Central Asia to China.
     从中亚到中国的古老的旅行线路

双语例句

• He was amazed that in the caravans there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually repeating Freedom!
  旅店里有一个金鸟笼，里面有一只漂亮的鹦鹉在不停地反复呼喊着自由！自由！，这让他很震惊。
• The building dates back to the1820's; a time when horse caravans passed through the city full of traders selling their goods along the ancient Tea and Horse Road.
  这个建筑的修建时间是1820年代，那时正是马帮商旅在茶马古道上来来往往最频繁的时代。
• But my greatest understanding of Brazil came from direct contact with its people through the "caravans of citizenship" that took me across tens of thousands of kilometres.
  但我对巴西的最好了解，来自于通过“公民权大篷车”与人民的直接接触，这辆大篷车带着我走访了数万公里。
• Not far from it is the old suspension bridge over the river, formerly busy with caravans on the Southern Silk Route to Burma and India.
  距离一条河流上的老吊桥不远，从前商人马帮沿着南方丝绸之路到缅甸和印度都频繁地经过这里。
• Old-fashioned gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles.
  旧时的吉普赛大篷车是涂了颜色的木质车辆。
• We would hear their caravans approaching our neighborhood, the mewling of their sheep, the "baaing" of their goats, the jingle of bells around their camels'necks.
  我们能听到他们的牧群走近的声音：绵羊咪咪，山羊咩咩，还有那叮当作响的驼铃。
• Translate the following sentence into Chinese,' The city was the last stop for the caravans on the Silk Road before all those silks and spices went by water to Europe.
  在由水路把丝绸和香料运往欧洲之前，这个城市是丝绸之路上过往商队的终点站。
• While the clear stream under the bridge ran dry in the time of the horse caravans, the soul of the bridge has been lost as well.
  当古桥活到现在它已经不是真正意义上的桥了，桥下的清流早已随着马帮而逝。
• My friends call me penelope, and let's just say those slavers don't take too kindly to people disrupting their caravans.
  狂追：我的朋友叫我菲娜拉普，嗯，你只要知道奴隶贩子一向对打搅他们商队的人不怎么友善。
• Actually, it was many smaller caravans traveling together to protect themselves against bandits.
  实际上那只是很多小商队为了防御土匪而结伴同行罢了。