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。
搬运行李的人；控制建筑物入口的人；受雇搬运行李和物资的人；具有搬运专门角色的蚂蚁；清理和整理桌子并收拾保龄球的员工
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.
清理和整理桌子并收拾保龄球的员工
An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
看守入口的人
someone who guards an entrance
移植软件到其他平台的人
One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
一种浓烈的黑啤酒,最初受搬运工(词源1,义项1)喜爱,类似于烈性啤酒但不那么强烈
A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
美国小说和短篇小说作家(1890-1980)
United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
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。
用法提示：porter 是名词，指以搬运行李为职业的人，本句中作主语。
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？
用法提示：porter 为可数名词，本句中与不定冠词 a 连用，作 ask 的宾语。
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。
用法提示：porters 是 porter 的复数形式，在本句中作 provides 的宾语，指多名搬运工人。
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。
baggage handler通常指机场或车站的行李搬运工
bellhop专指旅馆中为客人搬运行李的侍者
redcap是美国英语，指火车站搬运行李的工人
grammar · medium
易错句子He is porter at the hotel.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子I will porter your luggage.
正确表达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。
港口（port）与搬运工（porter）发音拼写相近，但意思完全不同，port是港口的船舶停靠处。
搬运工（porter）特指在车站、旅馆等搬运行李的人，而carrier更泛指运输机构或搬运物品的人或物。
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。
root: port (carry/gate), suffix: -er (one who)
root meaning 'carry' or 'gate'
prefix: ex- (out), root: port (carry)
prefix: im- (in), root: port (carry)
prefix: trans- (across), root: port (carry)
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.