Definition

1. Verb:
   • To convoy: To accompany and protect vehicles, ships, or goods during transport, typically for security purposes.
   • To escort: To travel with someone or something to provide protection or safe passage.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Lực lượng cảnh sát được huy động để áp tải đoàn xe chở hàng cứu trợ. (The police force was mobilized to convoy the trucks carrying relief supplies.)
  • Tàu chiến có nhiệm vụ áp tải tàu buôn qua vùng biển nguy hiểm. (The warship has the duty to escort the merchant ship through the dangerous waters.)
  • Họ cần một đội an ninh để áp tải lô hàng quý giá này. (They need a security team to escort this valuable shipment.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal, military, or logistical contexts. It implies a protective role and organized movement, not merely accompanying someone.
• "áp tải đường bộ": to provide road convoy/escort.
  • Công ty thuê công ty bảo vệ để áp tải đường bộ cho xe chở tiền. (The company hired a security firm to provide a road convoy for the money transport vehicle.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hộ tống (v): to escort, to accompany protectively (often used for people or important figures, but can overlap with "áp tải").
• Đoàn hộ tống / Đoàn áp tải (n): convoy, escort group.

Synonyms

• Convoy: To travel with a protective escort.
• Escort: To accompany for protection or guidance.
• Shepherd: To guide or protect on a journey (metaphorical).

Related Idioms

• While "áp tải" itself is not commonly used in idioms, the concept is central to phrases about protection and safe transit.
• Đi có áp tải: To go with an escort (colloquial expression emphasizing the need for protection during travel).

verb

1. To convoy