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a porter
A porter carried my luggage to the room.
一位搬运工把我的行李搬到了房间。
搬运工；搬运工人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
搬运工；搬运工人
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
A porter carried my luggage to the room.
一位搬运工把我的行李搬到了房间。
搬运行李的人
A person who carries luggage and related objects.
控制建筑物入口的人
A person in control of the entrance to a building.
受雇搬运行李和物资的人
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
具有搬运专门角色的蚂蚁
An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
The porter carried our suitcases up to the hotel room.
搬运工把我们的手提箱搬到了酒店房间。
Could you ask a porter to help us with these heavy bags at the station?
你能请一位搬运工帮我们在车站搬这些沉重的袋子吗？
The train station provides porters for passengers who need assistance with their luggage.
火车站为需要帮助搬运行李的乘客提供搬运工。
A porter carried my luggage to the room.
一位搬运工把我的行李搬到了房间。
The porter at the hotel was very helpful.
酒店的门房非常乐于助人。
Two porters were waiting at the station.
两名搬运工在车站等候。
所有格形式，常后接名词表示所属关系
The porter's uniform is dark blue.
搬运工的制服是深蓝色的。
Not this
He is porter at the hotel.
Use this
He is a porter at the hotel.
porter 是可数名词，前面需要冠词 a/an 表示泛指；缺少冠词是常见的错误。
Not this
I will porter your luggage.
Use this
I will carry your luggage.
porter 是名词，不可用作动词；表达‘搬运行李’应使用动词 carry。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
酒店行李员
The hotel porter carried our bags to the room.
酒店行李员把我们的行李搬到了房间。
车站搬运工
We asked a station porter to help with our luggage.
我们请了一位车站搬运工帮忙搬运行李。
搬运服务
The train station offers porter service for a small fee.
火车站提供收费的搬运服务。
搬运工手推车
The porter loaded the suitcases onto his porter's trolley.
搬运工把行李箱装到他的手推车上。
叫一位搬运工
You can call a porter at the airport if you have heavy bags.
如果你行李很重，可以在机场叫一位搬运工。
Use porter naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个搬运工（porter）穿着印有“波特”字样的制服，正扛着行李快步走。
通常指在酒店、车站等场所搬运旅客行李的人员，属于中性正式用语。
Words like 'reporter' and 'shorter' share the same stressed vowel and ending /ɔrtɝ/, rhyming with 'porter'. Words like 'butter', 'sister', 'master', and 'after' end in -ter but have different vowels, making them spelling lookalikes but not rhymes.
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