porter

英 [ˈpɔːtə(r)]

美 [ˈpɔːrtər]

n.  (尤指火车站、机场或旅馆)行李员，搬运工; (医院里护送病人的)护工; 门卫; 门房

复数：porters　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6464 / COCA.11418

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指火车站、机场或旅馆）行李员，搬运工
  a person whose job is carrying people's bags and other loads, especially at a train station, an airport or in a hotel
• （医院里护送病人的）护工
  a person whose job is to move patients from one place to another in a hospital
• 门卫；门房
  a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance to a hotel, large building, college, etc.
  1. the night porter
     夜班门卫
  2. The hotel porter will get you a taxi.
     旅馆的门卫会给你叫出租车的。
• （尤指卧铺车厢的）列车服务员
  a person whose job is helping passengers on a train, especially in a sleeping car

柯林斯词典

• 看门人；门房
  Aporteris a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance of a building such as a hotel.

in AM, use 美国英语用 doorman


• （火车站或宾馆的）行李员，搬运工
  Aporteris a person whose job is to carry things, for example people's luggage at a railway station or in a hotel.
• （列车卧车的）服务生
  Aporteron a train is a person whose job is to make up beds in the sleeping car and to help passengers.

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 attendant


• （医院运送病人的）护工，勤杂工
  In a hospital, aporteris someone whose job is to move patients from place to place.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 orderly

英英释义

noun

• a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
  Synonym:porter's beer
• someone who guards an entrance
  Synonym:doorkeeperdoormandoor guardhall portergatekeeperostiary
• a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
  Synonym:Pullman porter
• a person employed to carry luggage and supplies

verb

• carry luggage or supplies
  1. They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists

双语例句

• You'd better call a porter to move this large furniture for us.
  这些大件家具还是雇脚行来搬吧。
• She gave the porter a small tip.
  她给了行李服务员一点小费。
• The man gave in and offered Porter a section of the city that no salesman wanted.
  那人让步了，把城里一个其他推销员都不要的区域派给了他。
• We want to be the porter in your place.
  我们想要在你的地方中当门房。
• They put the stretcher down and went in. The porter came out with them.
  他们放下担架，走了进去。回来时带来了一个门房。
• It's hard to generalize about Cole Porter because he wrote so many great songs that were so varied.
  科尔·波特写了这么多风格迥异的优美歌曲，要对他进行概括并不是件容易的事。
• The hall porter was feeling hard done by at having to extend his shift.
  酒店行李搬运工因为被迫延长当班时间而愤愤不平。
• I have an agreement with the head porter.
  我跟旅馆经理有了协议。
• My teacher never spoke English like that! The Porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
  我的老师从不象他那样说英语的！搬运工人和我相视而笑。
• Porter stayed within the rules of rhyme
  波特遵循押韵的规则。