Escort



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 护送; n. 护送者
• ［英］ v. 护送 ( accompany to protect or show honor or courtesy)
• ［例］ May I escort you to the dance?

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: 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
• Date: 1579
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a person or group of persons accompanying another to give protection or as a courtesy
    • (2) the man who goes on a date with a woman
  • 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 (as a ship)

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1708
• to accompany as an escort

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