escort

英 [ˈeskɔːt , ɪˈskɔːt]

美 [ˈeskɔːrt , ɪˈskɔːrt]

n. 护送者; 护卫队; 护卫舰(或车队、飞机); 陪同某人参加社交活动的人(尤指男人); 受雇陪同某人外出社交的人(尤指女人)
v. 护卫; 护送

过去分词：escorted　过去式：escorted　现在分词：escorting　复数：escorts　第三人称单数：escorts　

Collins.2 / BNC.6470 / COCA.6668

同义词辨析

accompany attend convoy escort【导航词义：伴随】

accompanyv. 陪伴；伴随

〔辨析〕

普通用词，多强调陪伴者与被陪伴者之间关系密切，也指某事物与另一事物同时发生或存在。

〔例证〕

He accompanied her to the door.
他陪着她走向门口。
The rain was accompanied by wind.
风雨交加。

attendv. 〈正式〉陪同；伴随

〔辨析〕

多指下级、仆人陪伴上级、主人，也可以表示某事伴随另一事而发生。

〔例证〕

The king was attended by his courtiers.
国王有几名侍臣随从。
Do you have a sense of the peculiar atmosphere which attends such an event?
你有没有感觉到伴随这类事件的怪异气氛？

convoyv. 护送

〔辨析〕

指在保护下经由水路护送，其对象通常为物。

〔例证〕

The carrier was convoyed by four warships.
航母由4艘战舰护航。
The warship convoyed the oil tanker through the Indian Ocean.
战舰护卫着油轮驶过印度洋。

escortv. 护送

〔辨析〕

指在保护下经由陆路护送，其对象通常为人。

〔例证〕

Who would like to escort her home?
谁愿意护送她回家？
The bodyguard escorted the boss home.
保镖护送老板回家。

noun

护送者；护卫队；护卫舰（或车队、飞机）
a person or group of people or vehicles that travels with sb/sth in order to protect or guard them
1. Armed escorts are provided for visiting heads of state.
  来访的国家元首由武装卫队护送。
2. Prisoners are taken to court under police escort .
  囚犯由警察押送带上法庭。
陪同某人参加社交活动的人（尤指男人）
a person, especially a man, who takes sb to a particular social event
受雇陪同某人外出社交的人（尤指女人）
a person, especially a woman, who is paid to go out socially with sb
1. an escort service/agency
  社交陪伴服务社

verb

护卫；护送
to go with sb to protect or guard them or to show them the way
1. The President arrived, escorted by twelve soldiers.
  总统在十二名卫兵的护送下到达。

The noun is pronounced /'eskɔːt/. The verb is pronounced /ɪ'skɔːt/. 名词读作 /'eskɔːt/。动词读作 /ɪ'skɔːt/。

N-COUNT 护送者;护卫者；押送者
Anescortis a person who travels with someone in order to protect or guard them.
1. He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine.
  快到9点半的时候，他在一名警察的护送下到达了。
N-COUNT （陪同异性的）社交聚会陪伴者；（有时指）有偿社交伴侣
Anescortis a person who accompanies another person of the opposite sex to a social event. Sometimes people are paid to be escorts.
1. My sister needed an escort for a company dinner.
  我妹妹需要一个陪她参加公司晚宴的男伴。
VERB 陪同；护送
If youescortsomeone somewhere, you accompany them there, usually in order to make sure that they leave a place or get to their destination.
1. I escorted him to the door...
  我陪他走到门口。
2. The vessel was escorted to an undisclosed port.
  那艘轮船在护航下前往一个秘密港口。

noun

the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
Synonym:accompaniment
someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
Synonym:bodyguard
a participant in a date
1. his date never stopped talking
Synonym:date
an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

verb

To escort captain Johnson to his ship.
把约翰逊船长护送到他的船上。
An armoured car or a heavily armed police escort ensures safety.
有一辆装甲车或全副武装的警察押运，安全就有了保证。
The bridegroom goes to the bride's home to escort her to the wedding.
上门迎亲。
Mr Cooke arrived under police escort.
库克先生在警察的护送下到了。
Under the escort of friends, I finally had the courage to tell the truth to the policeman.
在朋友的陪同下，我终于有勇气开口向警察说出了事情的真相。
He offered to be her escort, but she declined it.
他提出护送她，但她谢绝了。
Now we have a police escort to the target.
我们需要有个警察护送到目的地。
He arrived in court under police escort.
在警察的护送下，他到达法院。
My sister needed an escort for a company dinner.
我妹妹需要一个陪她参加公司晚宴的男伴。
It's YOUR task, Anna, to escort this officer to the frontier.
安娜，你的任务是把这个军官护送到边境去。