porter

英 ['pɔːtə(r)] 美 ['pɔːrtər]

• n. 搬运工；（列车）服务员；杂务工
• n. 门卫
• n. <旧>黑啤酒
• Porter
• n. 波特(人名)

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]搬运工人

   person whose job is carrying people's baggage and other loads

2. [C]门卫

   doorman

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. <主英>看门人，门房，门卫，警卫
2. 杂务工，清洁工，护工
3. <美>服务员，卧车服务员，列车服务员
4. <英>黑啤酒
5. 行李搬运员，行李员，搬运工
6. 波特（音译名）

v. 动词

1. 当搬运工，当脚夫

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

2. someone who guards an entrance

3. United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)

4. United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)

5. United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)

6. a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

7. a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley

Verb:

1. carry luggage or supplies;

   "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Did you remember to tip the porter?
   你记得给搬运工小费了吗？
2. The porter will carry your luggage to your room.
   搬运工会把你的行李搬到你的房间去的。
3. The porter was weighed down by all the luggage.
   搬运工扛着这些行李压得直不起腰来。
4. The porter ushered us into the waiting room.
   服务员把我们引进了候车室。
5. He once worked as porter in a commercial bank.
   他曾在一家商业银行当杂务工。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The hotel porter will call a taxi for you.
   旅馆的门卫可以给你叫计程车。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I had forgotten all about Mr. Porter.
   我已经把波特先生忘得一干二净了。
2. Porter revealed the true complexity of cell structure.
   波特如实地揭示了细胞结构的复杂性。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. I tipped the porter 50p.
   我给了搬运工人50便士小费。
2. The hotel porter will help you.
   旅馆的门卫可以帮你的忙。

经典引文

• Like a porter in a great house, ever nearest the door.

  出自： Donne

• God hath set that grim porter, Death.

  出自： fig.

• A porter carried Bill's bags in from the consigne.

  出自： E. Hemingway

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• get a porter 叫个搬运工
• go for a porter 去找个搬运工来

近反义词

【近义词】

• baggage man