first port of call

短语

发音

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词形变化

first ports of call 复数 first ports of call

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage

    航海 交通

    After leaving from Southampton, our first port of call will be Gibraltar.

  2. 2.

    The first place to go to start a process.

    习语

    When you move to a new country, your first port of call is often the local police.

    To find the meaning of a word, your first port of call should be a decent dictionary.