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

• Infelicitous circumstances; unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes-American Guide Series.
  悲惨的环境；不幸的商队，脱离了队伍徒步走在沼泽和藤丛之中&《美国导游丛书》。
• 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。
• In the past, when caravans had come to the whatnot tree, the people had eaten its poisonous fruits and died in their sleep during the night.
  在过去，当商队来到这棵无名树下，那些吃了这毒果的人都会在晚上的睡梦中死去。
• Many caravans are let by private individuals through adverts in papers or shop windows.
  许多旅行拖车由私人通过在报纸或商店橱窗上做广告出租。
• 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。
• In the park, nomads were coming down from the summer pastures each day with camel caravans.
  在公园里，每天都有游牧者带着骆驼队从夏季牧场走下来。
• The modern version is not an attempt to mirror the old Silk Road, which was itself a series of roads and trails along which caravans carried China's and central Asia's silks by camel towards medieval Europe.
  现代版丝绸之路并不是要重现古代丝绸之路。古代丝绸之路是一条由一系列道路和小路组成的通道，商队用骆驼把中国和中亚的丝绸运往中世纪的欧洲。
• 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。
• Both the people and animals in the caravans could rest and refresh themselves at each hotel before continuing on long journeys.
  商队的旅客和牲畜每到一处客店，都可稍事休息，以便恢复精力，继续踏上征途。
• The Gipsy traveled in caravans.
  吉普赛人坐着大篷车旅行。