caravan

Определение caravan в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: A furnished vehicle towed behind a car etc and used as a dwelling when stationary; To stay in a caravan
When my parents retired they really got back into caravanning.; A convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert; To travel in a caravan
The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.; {n} a large carriage, a body of merchants or pilgrims; A group of travelers journeying together, often through a desert with the aid of pack animals; A group tour by a real estate office's sales agents to view listed properties (See agent property evaluation); A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp; A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc; Brit equivalent to travel trailer Commonly pulled by Europeans on multi-day Land Rover outings; through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa; sometimes shorted into van; A group of real estate agents who tour a house that has been recently listed for sale; An inspection of newly listed properties, either by the entire sales staff of an office or by sales personnel from more than one office in conjunction with a multiple listing group Generally conducted on a regular basis; Travel trailer; for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts; A caravan is a vehicle without an engine that can be pulled by a car or van. It contains beds and cooking equipment so that people can live or spend their holidays in it; A caravan is a group of people and animals or vehicles who travel together. Group of merchants, pilgrims, or travelers journeying together, usually for mutual protection, in deserts or other hostile regions. The camel was the most common means of transport. Caravans have been described since the beginning of recorded history, and they were a major factor in the growth of settlements along their routes. One caravan trail developed into the Silk Road. During the height of caravan travel, which lasted until the 19th century, a single caravan of Muslim pilgrims journeying from Cairo and Damascus to Mecca might employ as many as 10,000 camels; {i} convoy; (British) trailer home, mobile home; A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc; a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"; A caravan is a vehicle without an engine where people live or spend their holidays Caravans can be towed by cars; a camper equipped with living quarters
caravan park: An area containing caravans either for holiday rental, or for holiday use by their owners
caravan park: An area where caravans and recreational vehicles may be parked for a short period
caravan parks: plural form of caravan park
caravan-park: Attributive form of caravan park
the caravan-park murders.
caravan camp: dwelling area comprised of caravans (temporary transportable houses)
caravan site: A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans
caravan site: trailer park, area where mobile homes are located
caravan trailer: motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters
caravanning: holidaying in a caravan, either mobile or in a permament site
the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on: Life goes on, even if some will try to stop or talk against progress
caravaning: present participle of caravan
caravanner: {i} leader of a convoy; person who travels by a trailer home, one who lives in a trailer home
caravanning: {i} (British) traveling in trailers; practice of taking vacation in a caravan
caravanning: Caravanning is the activity of having a holiday in a caravan. He was on a caravanning holiday. the activity of taking holidays in a caravan
caravanning: the practice of taking holidays in a caravan
caravans: plural of caravan
caravans: third-person singular of caravan

caravan

Расстановка переносов

car·a·van

Турецкое произношение

kärıvän

Синонимы

convoy, camel train, wagon train, camper, motor home, recreational vehicle, trailer, travel trailer, band, campers, cavalcade, expedition, procession, safari, train

Антонимы

individual

Произношение

/ˈkarəˌvan/ /ˈkærəˌvæn/

Этимология

[ 'kar-&-"van ] (noun.) 1588. From Persian کاروان (kâravân). The word was used to designate a group of people who were traveling by camel or horse on the silk road. The word is derived from karvan: kar means mission or pursuit and wan/ban means those people and guardian.