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

• 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。
• 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。
• Old-fashioned Gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles that are pulled by horses.
  旧式的吉卜赛大篷车是由马拉的涂了颜色的木质车辆。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Gipsy traveled in caravans.
  吉普赛人坐着大篷车旅行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Camping commuters" are pitching their tents or parking their caravans from monday to friday and retreating to more permanent homes at the weekends.
  这群被称为“露营上班族”的人通常在周一到周五会选择住在旅游帐篷或者拖车里，等到周末才会回到租住的公寓中。