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

• 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 Gipsy traveled in caravans.
  吉普赛人坐着大篷车旅行。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's in charge of maintaining and setting up our caravans.
  他负责保养和准备我们的车队。
• 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。
• 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。