porter
porter 英 [ˈpɔ:tə(r)] 美 [ˈpɔrtə(r)]
n. 搬运工；门卫；服务员
名词复数:porters
- 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.
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- n. 搬运工；门卫；服务员
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1. the night porter
夜班门卫
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2. The hotel porter will get you a taxi.
旅馆的门卫会给你叫出租车的。
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3. The hotel manager signed to the porter to pick up my case.
旅馆经理示意行李工替我拿箱子。
- porter (n.1) "person who carries," late 14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), from Anglo-French portour, Old French porteor "porter, bearer; reporter" (12c.), from Late Latin portatorem (nominative portator) "carrier, one who carries," from past participle stem of Latin portare "to carry," from PIE root *per-(2) "to lead, pass over."
- porter (n.2) "doorkeeper, janitor," mid-13c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Anglo-French portour, Old French portier "gatekeeper" (12c.), from Late Latin portarius "gatekeeper," from Latin porta "city gate, gate; door, entrance," from PIE root *per-(2) "to lead, pass over."
- porter (n.3) type of dark beer, 1734, short for porter's ale (1721), from porter (n.1), because the beer was made for or preferred by porters and other laborers, being cheap and strong.
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