🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

护送

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hùsòng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Escort/ɪˈskɔːrt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她带着护送到达活动现场。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or group accompanying another for protection or guidance.

    "The celebrity arrived at the event with an escort to ensure her safety."
As verb
  1. 1

    To accompany someone somewhere, especially for protection or guidance.

    "The officer was assigned to escort the dignitary through the crowd."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'escort' originates from the Middle French 'escorte', which means 'to protect or guard'. It evolved from the Latin 'excurrere', meaning 'to run out'. Historically, it referred to a group accompanying someone for protection or guidance.

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