0 a wheeled vehicle for living or travelling in, especially for holidays, that contains beds and cooking equipment and can be pulled by a car -- （尤指度假时使用，由汽车拖曳的）宿营拖车，旅行拖车
a gypsy caravan 吉普赛人的大篷车
1 a group of people with vehicles or animals who travel together for safety through a dangerous area, especially across a desert on camels -- （尤指骑骆驼穿越沙漠的）旅行队，车队
The market for caravan labour was therefore characterized by a massive expansion in demand.
This caravan, given the circumstances and the small quantity of stolen goods, probably consisted of a dozen or so individuals.
During peak periods, experienced porters could pick and choose among the numerous caravans leaving the coast.
Yet caravans could not but depend on the areas they were passing through for shelter, water and often for food.
The caravan acted, in the eyes of shopkeepers, as a sign of the validation that the authorities were giving to violent actions.
Chiefs who were able to control access to the trade routes and to provide provisions to the caravans could accumulate wealth and influence.
At resting places of merchant caravans, crossroads, river fords or places of annual fairs such complexes were easier to observe.
The goal was to improve the response to a direct-mail campaign aimed at selling caravan insurance policies.
