caravan
要点隊商
意味
- 隊商,(巡礼者などの)旅人隊;(移住民などの)車馬隊
- (ジプシーの)ほろ馬車;(サーカス団の)運搬車;《英》(自動車で引く旅行用の)トレーラー(=trailer )
例文
Dogs bark when the caravan passes by.
犬は吠えても隊商は進む。
A caravan of fifty camels slowly made its way through the desert.
５０頭の駱駝から成る隊商が砂漠の中をゆっくりと進んでいた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”). The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.