English Dictionary

escort

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɛs.kɔɹt/

名詞

婉語

A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission. / An accompanying person in such a group.

日本語の意味

護衛団、護衛隊：重要な人物や集団を守るために同行する、武装した人々または車両の集団。 / 護衛人：同行して保護する役割を担う個人。

The ambassador traveled with an armed escort through the hostile territory.

大使は敵対的な地域を武装した護衛隊とともに移動した。

意味（1）

A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.

The soldier who was pulling at the other end was clumsily unhorsed, and I myself was all but thrown by the unexpected jerk. This ludicrous incident at first provoked mirth among my escort, a mirth which their superstitious minds immediately turned into an ill omen.

意味（2）

An accompanying person in such a group.

The waves being so high when we and the escorts, which stayed about one quarter mile to each side and ahead of us, were in a trough at the same time and we were unable to see one another.

意味（3）

A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.

意味（4）

A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.

意味（5）

An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.

He'd come in for something to eat—the red-bearded one. We had quite a chat. I told him we were traveling like Stevenson—with a donkey; but that one of the ladies had an abscess on a tooth and was going home. He said it was no place for women and offered himself as an escort.

意味（6）

Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion.

I went home with Hester Paine, last evening, from writing school. Just as she had accepted my escort, Halbert came up, and in a condescending way, informed her that he would see her home.

意味（7）

(somewhat euphemistic) A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent.

Of the 68 women, 26 reported that they had worked on the streets and as an escort over the course of their career as a prostitute, 18 exclusively as a street prostitute, and 8 as an escort only (i.e., working for an escort service).

escorts （ plural ）