porter1
KK: [ˈportɚ]
DJ: [ˈpɒːtǝ]
n.[C]
- (車站,機場等的)搬運工人,腳夫
Give your bags to the
porter.
把你的行李交給腳夫。
- 【美】(臥餐車,特等車的)服務員
- (銀行,商店等的)雜務工,清潔工
He once worked as a
porter in a commercial bank.
他曾在一家商業銀行當雜務工。
辨析
porter2
KK: [ˈportɚ]
DJ: [ˈpɒːtǝ]
n.
- 【主英】(旅館,學校,醫院等的)看門人,門房,警衛[C]
The
porter let them in.
看門人放他們進去。
衍生
辨析
porter3
KK: [ˈportɚ]
DJ: [ˈpɒːtǝ]
porter1
n.
- a person employed to carry luggage and other loads.
▸
(also hospital porter)
a hospital employee who moves equipment or patients.
- dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature.
- N. Amer. a sleeping-car attendant.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. porteour, from med. L. portator, from L. portare ‘carry’; sense 2 derives from the beer orig. being made for porters.
porter2
n.
Brit. an employee in charge of the entrance of a hotel, block of flats, or other large building.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. portier, from late L. portarius, from porta ‘gate, door’.