Word · Frequency #24887
portholes
舷窗
portholes is the plural of porthole.
a window in a ship or airplane
- 1.
A circular window set in the hull of a ship.
- 2.
a window in a ship or airplane
船或飞机上的窗户
- 3.
an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
墙壁、船或装甲车辆上的射击孔
船或飞机上的窗户；墙壁、船或装甲车辆上的射击孔；炮门；[化] 窥视孔
In use
Standing by the porthole, I watched the waves for over an hour.
The cabin has two round portholes that let in plenty of sunlight.
Through the airplane's porthole, we could see the city lights far below.
through a/the porthole
porthole 常与 through 搭配，表示透过舷窗观看。
She looked through the porthole at the sea.
她透过舷窗看着大海。
the porthole of [a ship/airplane]
也可用所有格表达，如 the ship's porthole。
The porthole of the airplane was small.
飞机的舷窗很小。
Common mistakes
I opened the porthole in my bedroom to let in fresh air.
Connections
Collocations
- round porthole
- 圆形舷窗
- The cabin had a small round porthole.船舱有一个小小的圆形舷窗。
- ship's porthole
- 船上的舷窗
- Water splashed against the ship's porthole.海水溅在船上的舷窗上。
- look out of the porthole
- 从舷窗向外看
- He looked out of the porthole at the coastline.他从舷窗向外看海岸线。
- peer through the porthole
- 透过舷窗仔细看
- The child peered through the porthole at the dolphins.孩子透过舷窗仔细看海豚。
- porthole view
- 舷窗外的景色
- We enjoyed a beautiful porthole view of the harbor.我们欣赏到舷窗外美丽的港口景色。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 porthole 拆成 port(港口)+hole(洞)，想象船靠港时从圆圆的舷窗望出去，像港口墙上的一个小洞。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：航海、航空 该词通常指船或飞机上的舷窗，多用于航海和航空语境，属于中性常用词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme exactly with 'porthole' /ˈpɒːθəʊl/. The '-hole' words share the spelling ending but have stress on the first element and a different vowel in that stressed syllable; 'hole' and 'whole' share the /əʊl/ ending but start with /h/, whereas 'porthole' has /θ/ after the stressed vowel. Use them to compare the spelling chunk '-hole' and the common /əʊl/ sound, not as true rhymes.
Learn the forms together
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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