🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6470 COCA: 6668

escort

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 escort /ˈɛsˌkoɚt/ noun
plural escorts
1 escort
/ˈɛsˌkoɚt/
noun
plural escorts
Learner's definition of ESCORT
[count]
: a person or group of people who go with someone to give protection or guidance护卫;护卫队
sometimes used after under有时用在under后
: a group of vehicles, ships, or planes that provide protection护卫车队;护航舰只;护航机群
formal : a man who goes with a woman to a social event陪伴女士参加社交活动的男士
: a woman or a man who is hired to go with someone to a social event受雇陪他人参加社交活动的女子(或男子)often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
2 escort ˈskoɚt/ verb
escorts; escorted; escorting
2 escort
ˈskoɚt/
verb
escorts; escorted; escorting
Learner's definition of ESCORT
[+ object]
: to go with (someone or something) to give protection or guidance护卫;护送;陪同
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6470 COCA: 6668

escort

1 of 2

noun

es·​cort ˈe-ˌskȯrt How to pronounce escort (audio)
1
a(1)
: a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy
(2)
: a man who goes with a woman to a social event
(3)
: a woman or a man who is hired to go with someone to a social event
often used before another noun
an escort service/agency
b
: a protective screen of warships or fighter planes or a single ship or plane used to fend off enemy attack from one or more vulnerable craft
2
: accompaniment by a person or an armed protector (such as a ship)

escort

2 of 2

verb

es·​cort i-ˈskȯrt How to pronounce escort (audio)
e-,
ˈe-ˌskȯrt How to pronounce escort (audio)
escorted; escorting; escorts

transitive verb

: to accompany as an escort

Example Sentences

Noun Visitors are not allowed to enter the building without an escort. The bombers were protected by a fighter escort. Everyone was surprised when she arrived at the party without an escort. Verb Several fighters escorted the bombers back to base. a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Najib left court in a black vehicle with a police escort. Richard C. Paddock, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022 Mom accepted, but my father showed up two weeks later with a police escort and a court order to reclaim us. Melissa Hart, Longreads, 28 June 2022 After refueling, the plane taxied to the airport with a police escort, Oistad said. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2022 The merchant ships will not have a military escort, but a minesweeper could be deployed if there are any issues with mines, U.N. officials said during a briefing before the deal was officially announced. Mo Abbas, NBC News, 22 July 2022 When an escort service’s clients start turning up dead, the task force is tipped off to an unexpected suspect. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 An investigation leads the task force to an unusual suspect when the wealthy clients of an exclusive escort service start turning up dead. Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 The ship had a military escort, and the travel dates were kept secret to protect against the unlikely—but not impossible—chance that pirates might try to steal the telescope. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2022 Use the Cardinal Cruiser escort service by calling (502) 852-6111 Download the free RAVE safety app for your iPhone or Android phone. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 15 Oct. 2021
Verb
The video also shows police arriving to escort the four-year-old off the campus. Taylor Penley, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2022 On Monday morning, Sharki said officers were on hand to escort residents who wanted or needed to leave their homes. David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022 The ship was ultimately deployed to escort supply convoys around the United Kingdom and would rescue hundreds of survivors of British warships hit by enemy fire — including picking up 305 survivors from the torpedoed British cruiser Orama. Stephen Smith, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2022 The union called attention to the use of the Highway Patrol Division of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to escort workers past the line. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2022 An early proposal called for removing mines, which Ukraine objected to, and having an international flotilla to escort the grain ships. Arkansas Online, 23 July 2022 An early proposal called for removing mines, which Ukraine objected to, and having an international flotilla to escort the grain ships. BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022 An early proposal called for removing mines, which Ukraine objected to, and having an international flotilla to escort the grain ships. New York Times, 22 July 2022 The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military pilots and Jefferson was one of the first to escort bombers in World War II. Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle French escorte, from Italian scorta, from scorgere to guide, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from Latin ex- + corrigere to make straight, correct — more at correct

First Known Use

Noun

1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

1708, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of escort was in 1579
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6470 COCA: 6668
escort

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + ESCORT | ESCORT + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEarmed, military, motorcycle, police, security武裝/軍隊/摩托車/警察/安全護衞隊convoy, destroyer, fighter (especially NAmE, all military軍事) 護航艦隊;護航驅逐艦;戰鬥機護航隊female, male女性/男性社交陪伴VERB + ESCORTbe accompanied by, have在護衞陪同下;有護衞She had a police escort to the hospital.她由警察護送到醫院。give sb, provide (sb with), send( 給某人 ) 提供陪同;派護衞Can you give us an escort?你能護送我們一下嗎 ?The army provided a small armed escort for the delegation.軍方為代表團配備了小型武裝衞隊。need, require需要護衞The referee needed a police escort as he left the stadium.裁判在離開運動場時需要警察護衞。ESCORT + NOUNvehicle, vessel護送車輛;護航艦duty, mission (especially NAmE) 護衞職責/任務Get your planes ready for escort duties.飛機待命,準備護航。service護送服務PREPOSITIONunder escort在護送下The opposition leader was arrested and taken to the capital under escort.反對派領袖被捕後被押送到了首都。with an escort, without an escort有護衞隊;沒有護衞隊They left with a small escort.他們由一支小型護衞隊陪同離開了。escort for⋯的護送人員an escort for the Queen's car女王座駕的護衞隊escort of⋯組成的護衞隊an escort of ten soldiers10 個士兵的護衞隊

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime