convoy

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·voy [convoy convoys convoyed convoying] BrE [ˈkɒnvɔɪ] NAmE [ˈkɑːnvɔɪ] noun
a group of vehicles or ships travelling together, especially when soldiers or other vehicles travel with them for protection
•a convoy of trucks/lorries/freighters
•A United Nations aid convoy loaded with food and medicine finally got through to the besieged town.
Idiom: ↑in convoy

Word Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots, as a verb in the senses ‘convey’, ‘conduct’, and ‘act as escort’): from French convoyer, from medieval Latin conviare, from con- ‘together’ + Latin via ‘way’.

Example Bank:
•The ships sailed in convoy.
•The trucks were driving in convoy.
•a large convoy of lorries carrying medical supplies
•the next aid convoy to the war-torn region
•the proposal to send 500 armed soldiers to escort food convoys
•I overtook a convoy of trucks.
•Journalists travelled with the convoy.
•One ship in the convoy struck an iceberg.
•Rebels blocked the passage of a military convoy.
•The UN aid convoy finally got through with supplies of food.
•They drove in convoy in case one of the cars broke down.