porter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɔːtə/    美 /ˈpɔɹtɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who carries luggage and related objects.
    — By the time I reached the train station I was exhausted, but fortunately there was a porter waiting.
  2. A person in control of the entrance to a building. countable
  3. An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
  4. An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away. countable
  5. One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
    — […] useful only if you are a Perl porter or implementor and you want to check the efficiency of the hashing algorithm.
  6. A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong. countable,uncountable
  7. Stout (malt brew). Ireland,countable,uncountable
    — ‘Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.’ The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed.
动词 v.
  1. To serve as a porter; to carry.

词形变化

porters plural porters plural porters present,singular,third-person portering participle,present portered participle,past portered past

词汇关系

衍生词
Porterfield porterless porterlike porterly portress rope porter symporter teleporter underporter uniporter groom-porter hall porter light porter porterhouse portership tackle-porter ticket-porter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English porter, portere, portier, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French porteor, from Late Latin portātor, from past participle of Latin portāre (“to carry”). By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -er.
词源 2
From Middle English porter, portere, portare, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French portier, from Late Latin portarius (“gatekeeper”), from Latin porta (“gate”).
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