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

• 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。
• The Gipsy traveled in caravans.
  吉普赛人坐着大篷车旅行。
• Non-motor vehicles and caravans entering or leaving the country shall submit to inspection by the Frontier Inspection Station.
  进出国境的非机动车辆和马帮等，必须接受边防检查站的检查。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A man, a great man, a fighter for freedom was traveling in the mountains. He stayed in a caravans for the night.
  一个人，一个了不起的人，一个为了自由而战的斗士，正在山峦间穿行。今晚他留在一个大旅店里过夜。
• 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。
• "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。