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n.守门人,门房,行李搬运工

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porter


/'pɔ:tə(r); `pɔrtɚ/
n
1 person whose job is carrying people's luggage and other loads, eg in railway stations, airports, hotels, markets, etc 搬运工, 脚夫(如于车站、机场、旅馆、市场等处的)
*a hospital porter 医院中任搬运工作的勤杂工.
2 (US) attendant in a sleeping-car or parlour-car on a train (铁路之卧车或特等客车上的)列车员, 服务员.

/'pɔ:tə(r); `pɔrtɚ/
n (Brit) (US doorman) person whose job is to be on duty at the entrance to a hotel, large building, etc (旅馆、大建筑物等的)门卫, 门房, 守门人
*The hotel porter will call a taxi for you. 旅馆的门卫可以给你叫计程车.

/'pɔ:tə(r); `pɔrtɚ/
n [U] (esp formerly) type of dark-brown bitter beer (尤指旧时的)黑啤酒.

porter


n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: porteur, from Late Latin portator, from Latin portare; PORTABLE1]
[C]
someone whose job is to carry people's bags at railway stations, airports etc
[C]BrE
someone in charge of the entrance to a hotel, hospital etc
[C]BrE
someone whose job is to carry heavy goods at markets
[C]AmE
someone whose job is to look after the part of a train where people sleep
[C]AmE
someone whose job is to look after a building by cleaning it, repairing things etc
[U]old-fashioned a dark brown bitter beer
1. Then, her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porter´s assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat.
    此刻老妇人也镇定了下来,准备在看门人的协助下搜寻可能仍躲藏在她房里的窍贼。

2. The porter went to fetch one and arrived back with the station master,
    搬运工跑回去取时刻表,同时请来了站长。

3. The porter, however, could not understand me.
    然而搬运工却不明白我的话。

4. The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
    我和搬运工相视一笑。

5. The ´taxi´ is a small Swiss aeroplane called a ´Pilatus Porter´.
    这辆"出租汽车"是一架小型瑞士飞机,叫"皮勒特斯.波特"号。

6. A porter had carried her trunk to the station and she had taken an early morning train to the city.
    脚夫把她的箱子送到火车站,她搭早班车进的城。

7. She gave her luggage to a porter and showed him her ticket.
    她把行李给了搬运工人,给他看了车票。

8. She gave her luggage to a porter and showed him her ticket.
    她把行李交给搬运工并给他看了车票。

9. She felt in her handbag for the piece of paper on which her father had written down all the details of the journey and gave it to the porter.
    她从钱包里摸出一张纸条,那上面有她父亲对这次旅行详细说明,她把这张纸条交给了搬运工。

10. So she went to fetch the porter from his basement.
    于是她到地下室去找看门的人。

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