Word · Frequency #6464
porters
搬运工；搬运工人
porters is the plural of porter.
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- 1.
A person who carries luggage and related objects.
搬运行李的人
- 2.
A person in control of the entrance to a building.
控制建筑物入口的人
- 3.
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
受雇搬运行李和物资的人
- 4.
An ant having the specialized role of carrying.
具有搬运专门角色的蚂蚁
- 5.
An employee who clears and cleans tables and puts bowling balls away.
清理和整理桌子并收拾保龄球的员工
- 6.
someone who guards an entrance
看守入口的人
- 7.
One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform).
移植软件到其他平台的人
- 8.
A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.
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
- 9.
United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
美国小说和短篇小说作家(1890-1980)
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
In use
The porter carried our suitcases up to the hotel room.
Could you ask a porter to help us with these heavy bags at the station?
The train station provides porters for passengers who need assistance with their luggage.
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。
the porter
The porter at the hotel was very helpful.
酒店的门房非常乐于助人。
porters
Two porters were waiting at the station.
Connections
Collocations
- hotel porter
- 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。
- station porter
- 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。
- porter service
- 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。
- porter's trolley
- 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。
- call a porter
- 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。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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