porter

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n. 大楼管理员, 门房, 搬运工人, 侍者, 服务员 [化] 搬运车; 搬运工人

发音

US /ˈpɔɹtɚ/
其它 /ˈpo(ː)ɹtɚ/
UK /ˈpɔːtə/

词形变化

porters 复数 portered portering porters 三单 porters portering 现在分词 portered 过去式 portered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who carries luggage and related objects.

    By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.

  2. 2.

    An ant having the specialized role of carrying.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).

    计算机 工程 数学
  4. 1.

    A person in control of the entrance to a building.

    可数 不可数
  5. 2.

    An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.

    可数 体育 不可数
  6. 3.

    A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.

    可数 不可数 烹饪
  7. 4.

    Stout (malt brew).

    爱尔兰 可数 不可数 烹饪
v.
  1. 1.

    To serve as a porter; to carry.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

gatekeeper doorkeeper hall porter ostiary

上位词 7

jack guard employee ale laborer labourer manual laborer

下位词 6

doorman commissionaire doorwoman red cap skycap ticket-collector
动词

上位词 2

carry transport

相关短语

Porter County Porter Ranch light porter hall porter 旅馆勤杂工 ticket porter rope porter tackle porter tackle-porter ticket-porter

词源

From Middle English porter, portere, portier, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French porteor, from Late Latin portātor, from past participle of Latin portāre (“to carry”). By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -er.

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