caravan

caravan — 名詞

1. a wheeled vehicle with beds, a small kitchen, and sometimes a toilet area, desig

1.名詞B1
釋義

露營拖車

可被汽車拖著旅行的住人車輛

a wheeled vehicle with beds, a small kitchen, and sometimes a toilet area, designed to be pulled behind a car and used for holidays or short trips away from home.

例句

The Nguyen family spent two weeks in their caravan beside a lake in Wales.

Nguyen 一家人在威爾斯的湖邊露營拖車裡住了兩個星期。

Yusuf hitched the caravan to his car before setting off for the coast.

Yusuf 把露營拖車掛上汽車，然後出發前往海岸。

collocation: hitch a caravan to / unhitch a caravan

同義詞
  • camper van

    a motor vehicle with living quarters built in, not towed

  • travel trailer

    American English term for the same type of towed holiday vehicle

文法句型

caravan + verb (be parked, be hitched up)

in/with/into a caravan

用法筆記

In British English this is the most common meaning of 'caravan'. In American English the same type of vehicle is usually called a 'travel trailer' or 'camper'.

常見錯誤

❌We stayed in a caravan hotel.
✅We stayed in a caravan at the campsite.
💡a caravan is itself a place to sleep; you don't stay 'in a caravan hotel'.

2. a large wooden wagon with a rounded cloth roof and painted decorations, drawn by

2.名詞B2
釋義

馬車篷屋

有篷布頂的木製馬拉住人車

a large wooden wagon with a rounded cloth roof and painted decorations, drawn by a single horse and used as a mobile home by travelling communities such as the Romani people.

例句

At the fair, children climbed into a replica of an old Romani caravan painted bright red and gold.

在園遊會上，孩子們爬進一輛仿古羅姆人的馬車篷屋，外觀漆著鮮紅與金色。

collocation: painted caravan

The museum's collection includes a horse-drawn caravan from the 1890s with wooden wheels.

博物館的收藏包括一輛 1890 年代的馬拉篷屋車，配備木製車輪。

modifier: horse-drawn caravan

同義詞
  • vardo

    the specific Romani term for a horse-drawn living wagon

  • covered wagon

    a broader term for any wagon with a canvas cover, including those used by American settlers

  • wagon

    a simpler, less specific term

文法句型

pull/push + a caravan

live in + a caravan

用法筆記

This sense primarily refers to the traditional Romani (Gypsy) vardo — a type of living wagon. It is now mostly encountered in historical contexts, museums, or festival displays.

3. a long line of people, pack animals, or vehicles travelling together across a de

3.名詞B2
釋義

沙漠商隊

為安全結伴穿越沙漠的人畜隊伍

a long line of people, pack animals, or vehicles travelling together across a desert or other dangerous region for mutual safety and company.

例句

A caravan of camels carrying salt and spices crossed the Sahara for several weeks.

一支駱駝商隊載著鹽和香料，花了數週穿越撒哈拉沙漠。

pattern: a caravan of + animals/people

Merchants joined the caravan so that bandits would not attack them on the journey.

商人們加入商隊，這樣強盜就不會在旅途中攻擊他們。

同義詞
  • convoy

    used for vehicles travelling together for protection, often military

  • procession

    a line of people or vehicles, usually for a ceremony rather than safety

  • camel train

    a specific type of caravan using camels

文法句型

a caravan of + plural noun (merchants, camels, travellers)

用法筆記

This sense can also be used more broadly for any group of vehicles travelling together in a line (e.g. 'a caravan of trucks'), though the desert-and-camels image remains the most typical context.

常見錯誤

❌The caravan of cars drove to the beach.
✅A line of cars drove to the beach.
💡'caravan' for a group of vehicles carries a strong sense of desert travel or danger; for ordinary vehicles 'convoy' or 'line' is more natural.

caravan — 動詞