| 单词 | safe convoy |
| 释义 | > as lemmassafe convoy c. Affording guaranteed immunity from arrest, capture, attack, etc. Chiefly in safe convoy, safe passage.After earlier safe conduct n., safeguard n., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > making safe > conducting or conveying in safety safe conduct?a1400 safe convoy1636 society > travel > transport > [noun] > under escort > safe-conduct safe conduct?a1400 safe convoy1636 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker iii. iii. sig. F3 Monlucke..Desires safe convoy by your honours forces. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 61 This priviledge of safe passe being..ancient and fundamentall,..resteth still in force. 1649 O. Cromwell Let. 24 Nov. in Lett. & Speeches (1884) III. App. xv. 344 I have by this Bearer returned a Safe-convoy, as you desire, for what Commissioners you think fit to send out to me. c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 96 Major Cartwright sent a letter desiring the governor or his brother to come and meete him in St. Nicholas Church, and promised them safe passage and returne. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 82 Charles V had pronounced the ban upon him [sc. Luther] and limited his safe convoy to one and twenty days. 1917 Outlook 8 Aug. 534/1 The other object, safe passage for Italian ships in the Adriatic, is obstructed by the strategic advantages of Austria. 1921 W. S. Sims in Naval Investig. (Comm. Naval Affairs, U.S. Senate) I. 166 Assisting in the safe and prompt dispatch of troops and supplies to France, and safe convoy out of France. 1996 P. I. Kaufman Church, Bk., & Bishop v. 107 Some threads from a cloth covering the coffin..were to be his safe convoy into and defense..against the rough-and-tumble of the Touraine factions and feuds. 2003 C. Rubenberg Palestinians iii. 116 The immediate creation of a safe passage between the West Bank and Gaza to enable Palestinians to pass through Israeli territory. < as lemmas |
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