escort

英 ['eskɔːt]

美['ɛskɔt]

英英释义

同义词辨析

实用场景例句

近义词guide attend lead usher squire accompany conduct chaperon

n. 陪同；护航舰；护卫队；护送者

vt. 护送；陪同；为…护航

GRECET6TEM4IELTS考研中低频词常用词汇

词态变化

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

助记提示

1. The notion underlying escort is of 'guidance', of 'showing the right path'.

2. ex- => es- + (correct => corrig- => corg- => cort-) => escort.

3. 词源上这个词和correct同源，但引申较多，在此用联想。es前缀“外边”，cort看成cart（二轮运货马车），字面义“在马车外”。古时护镖人跟随马车一路前行，又有关云长千里走单骑护送兄妻，也是一路走在马车外边。

中文词源

escort 护送来自拉丁文*excorrigere, 引导，护送，来自词根rig, 竖立，坚直，词源同right, erect. 原为军事术语。

英文词源

escortescort: [16] The notion underlying escort is of ‘guidance’, of ‘showing the right path’. The word comes via French from Italian scorta ‘guide’, a noun use of the past participle of scorgere ‘show, guide’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and Latin corrigere ‘put right’ (source of English correct).=> correctescort (n.)1570s, in military sense, from Middle French escorte (16c.), from Italian scorta, literally "a guiding," from scorgere "to guide," from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from ex- "out" (see ex-) + Latin corrigere "set right" (see correct (v.)). The sense of "person accompanying another to a social occasion" is 1936.escort (v.)1708, originally military, from escort (n.), or from French escorter; social sense is from 1890. Related: Escorted; escorting.

双语例句

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。 来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。 来自柯林斯例句

3. "He wants a police escort." — "Well, he can whistle for that." “他希望有警卫护送。”——“那他是指望不上了。” 来自柯林斯例句

4. The prisoner was taken under escort to the jail. 罪犯被押送到监狱. 来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Her escort to the party was a tall young man. 陪同她参加晚会的是一位高个子男青年. 来自《简明英汉词典》