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单词 portage
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portage


port·age

P0453500 (pôr′tĭj, pôr-täzh′)n.1. a. The act or an instance of carrying.b. A charge for carrying.2. Nautical a. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.b. A track or route used for such carrying.tr. & intr.v. port·aged, port·ag·ing, port·ag·es Nautical To transport or travel by portage: canoed and portaged the goods; portaging around the rapids.
[Middle English, from Old French, from porter, to carry, from Latin portāre; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

portage

(ˈpɔːtɪdʒ; French pɔrtaʒ) n1. the act of carrying; transport2. (Commerce) the cost of carrying or transporting3. the act or process of transporting boats, supplies, etc, overland between navigable waterways4. the route overland used for such transportvbto transport (boats, supplies, etc) overland between navigable waterways[C15: from French, from Old French porter to carry]

por•tage

(ˈpɔr tɪdʒ, ˈpoʊr- or, for 2,3,5,6, pɔrˈtɑʒ)

n., v. -taged, -tag•ing. n. 1. the act of carrying; carriage. 2. the carrying of boats, supplies, etc., overland from one navigable water to another. 3. the route over which this is done. 4. the cost of carriage. v.i. 5. to make a portage. v.t. 6. to carry over a portage: to portage a canoe. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French; see port5, -age]

portage


Past participle: portaged
Gerund: portaging
Imperative
portage
portage
Present
I portage
you portage
he/she/it portages
we portage
you portage
they portage
Preterite
I portaged
you portaged
he/she/it portaged
we portaged
you portaged
they portaged
Present Continuous
I am portaging
you are portaging
he/she/it is portaging
we are portaging
you are portaging
they are portaging
Present Perfect
I have portaged
you have portaged
he/she/it has portaged
we have portaged
you have portaged
they have portaged
Past Continuous
I was portaging
you were portaging
he/she/it was portaging
we were portaging
you were portaging
they were portaging
Past Perfect
I had portaged
you had portaged
he/she/it had portaged
we had portaged
you had portaged
they had portaged
Future
I will portage
you will portage
he/she/it will portage
we will portage
you will portage
they will portage
Future Perfect
I will have portaged
you will have portaged
he/she/it will have portaged
we will have portaged
you will have portaged
they will have portaged
Future Continuous
I will be portaging
you will be portaging
he/she/it will be portaging
we will be portaging
you will be portaging
they will be portaging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been portaging
you have been portaging
he/she/it has been portaging
we have been portaging
you have been portaging
they have been portaging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been portaging
you will have been portaging
he/she/it will have been portaging
we will have been portaging
you will have been portaging
they will have been portaging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been portaging
you had been portaging
he/she/it had been portaging
we had been portaging
you had been portaging
they had been portaging
Conditional
I would portage
you would portage
he/she/it would portage
we would portage
you would portage
they would portage
Past Conditional
I would have portaged
you would have portaged
he/she/it would have portaged
we would have portaged
you would have portaged
they would have portaged
Thesaurus
Noun1.portage - the cost of carrying or transportingportage - the cost of carrying or transportingcost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
2.portage - overland track between navigable waterwayscart track, cartroad, track - any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
3.portage - carrying boats and supplies overlandcarry - the act of carrying something
Translations
trasporto

portage


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Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Portage

(1, 2 pôr`təj; 3 pôr`tĭj). 1 Town (1990 pop. 29,060), Porter co., NW Ind., a suburb of Gary, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1959. The town, which was once surrounded by great industries, manufactures steel and a number of other goods. It is also a shipping center; Burns International Harbor, built in the 1970s, accommodates ocean vessels. Indiana Dunes National Park (see National Parks and MonumentsNational Parks and Monuments

National Parks
Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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, table) is nearby.

2 City (1990 pop. 46,042), Kalamazoo co., SW Mich.; inc. 1963. There is printing, tool and die manufacture, and motor vehicle assembly. Other manufactures include metal and plastic products and chemicals.

3 City (1990 pop. 8,640), seat of Columbia co., central Wis.; inc. 1854. In 1673, Louis Jolliet and Father Marquette were the first Europeans to use the important portage link in the water route from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi. The path has become a ship canal, and the city is an agricultural trade center with some light manufacturing industry. Part of Fort Winnebago (1828) has been restored as a museum. Zona GaleGale, Zona,
1874–1938, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Portage, Wis., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1895. After five years (1899–1904) of newspaper work in Milwaukee and New York City, she returned to her home town, determined to win success as a fiction
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 and Frederick Jackson TurnerTurner, Frederick Jackson,
1861–1932, American historian, b. Portage, Wis. He taught at the Univ. of Wisconsin from 1885 to 1910 except for a year spent in graduate study at Johns Hopkins.
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 were born in Portage.

portage

the cost of carrying or transporting

portage


Related to portage: dictionary
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Words related to portage

noun the cost of carrying or transporting

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  • cost

noun overland track between navigable waterways

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  • cart track
  • cartroad
  • track

noun carrying boats and supplies overland

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