| 单词 | portage |
| 释义 | portage (once / 2492 pages) n Portage is a payment, usually to the captain or owner of a boat, for carrying cargo. A portage is also a bridge between two waterways. A business that sells goods to many parts of the world will probably pay portage at some point: a fee to a boat for carrying cargo. This is a bit of an old-fashioned word, and it mainly applies to boats (which you can remember from the word port: a place where boats dock). Also, a portage is a bridge-like track built on land that links waterways such as rivers. The purpose of that portage is also to transport goods. WORD FAMILYportage: portages+/port: portage, ported, porter, porting, ports/porter: porterage, portered, portering, porters USAGE EXAMPLESDedicated Short Range Communications technology will be installed along a 61-mile stretch of the turnpike from Erie County to Portage County. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) Brooklyn Avenue will become a designated green street, with more landscaping, extending to the Portage Bay waterfront. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) Messages were left for the Portage County prosecutor and for Noling’s attorney. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n carrying boats and supplies overland Hyper carry the act of carrying something 2n the cost of carrying or transporting Hyper cost the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor 3n overland track between navigable waterways Hyper cart track, cartroad, track any road or path affording passage especially a rough one |
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