| 单词 | porter |
| 释义 | porter (once / 776 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A porter is someone who carries luggage for tourists. If you ever travel by train across the country, you'll be grateful to the porter. The person at an airport, train station, or hotel who's paid to help with your luggage is a porter. It's also the name of a train employee who assists passengers traveling in sleeper cars. The word porter comes from the Latin portatorem, one who carries. The dark, sweet beer known as porter or porter's ale comes from the same root word — because its taste and low price was the favorite of porters and other laborers. WORD FAMILYporter: porterage, portered, portering, porters+/port: portage, ported, porter, porting, ports/portage: portages USAGE EXAMPLESShe was also offered a full-time porter’s job. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) At a table by the sanctuary’s carved screen, porter puritans sat with practitioners of what might be called the “chocolate-flavoring heresy.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) Sample hoppy IPAs, creamy porters, and rich stouts as you gather passport stamps to earn prizes along the biggest beer trail in the country. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1 1n a person employed to carry luggage and supplies Hypo|Hyper redcap a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station skycapa porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor 2n a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars) Syn|Hyper Pullman porter employee a worker who is hired to perform a job 3v carry luggage or supplies 2They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists Hyper carry, transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body n a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley 3Syn|Hyper porter's beer ale a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume n someone who guards an entrance Syn|Hypo|Hyper door guard, doorkeeper, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary commissionaire a uniformed doorman night portera porter on duty during the night ticket collector, ticket takersomeone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets guard a person who keeps watch over something or someone Porter (once / 1338 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY Porter: Porters USAGE EXAMPLESPorter is scheduled to return to court Feb. 28. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Through the first quarter, Otto Porter Jr. operated in space — spotting up for assisted jumpers and running the court for a fast-break highlight. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) E. Melvin Porter, Oklahoma’s first black state senator and a civil rights leader, died at age 86. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 n United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) 2Syn|Exp Cole Albert Porter, Cole Porter composer someone who composes music as a profession n United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980) 3Syn|Exp Katherine Anne Porter author, writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) n United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910) Syn|Exp O. Henry, William Sydney Porter author, writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
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