escort CET6 TEM4 ( escorting, escorted, escorts )

名词读作ˈɛskɔːt。动词读作ɪsˈkɔːt。

• 1. 

  V-T If you escort someone somewhere, you accompany them there, usually in order to make sure that they leave a place or get to their destination. 护送

  例：

  I escorted him to the door.

  我护送他到门口。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT An escort is a person who travels with someone in order to protect or guard them. 护送者

  例：

  He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine.

  快到9点半时，他由警察护送到达了。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If someone is taken somewhere under escort, they are accompanied by guards, either because they have been arrested or because they need to be protected. 在押送下; 在护送下

• 4. 

  N-COUNT An escort is a person who accompanies another person of the opposite sex to a social event. Sometimes people are paid to be escorts. (异性的) 社交陪同

  例：

  My sister needed an escort for a company dinner.

  我妹为了一个公司晚宴而需要一个社交陪同。