caravan

caravan
noun
  1. (Brit.)a vehicle equipped for living in, typically towed by a car and used for holidays
    (英)(活动房式的)拖车
    [as modifier]a caravan holiday.
    一次拖车度假。
    ■a covered horse-drawn wagon
    马拉篷车
    a gypsy caravan.
    一辆吉卜赛马拉篷车。
    ■(N. Amer.)a covered lorry
    (北美)有篷卡车
  2. (historical)a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, travelling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa
    (史)(穿越亚洲或北非沙漠的)旅行队(尤指商队,朝圣队伍)
    ■any large group of people, typically with vehicles or animals travelling together, in single file
    (尤指与车辆、动物同行的)单行队伍
    a caravan of cars and trucks.
    一支由汽车和卡车组成的单行车队。
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (in sense 2): from French caravane, from Persian kārwān. The sense 'covered horse-drawn wagon' dates from the early 19th cent
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