Porter
['pɔːtə] or ['pɔrtɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley.
(noun.) a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars).
(noun.) a person employed to carry luggage and supplies.
(noun.) United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910).
(noun.) United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946).
(noun.) United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980).
(verb.) carry luggage or supplies; 'They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists'.
整理:梅尔巴--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
(n.) A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.
(n.) A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled in hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.
(n.) A malt liquor, of a dark color and moderately bitter taste, possessing tonic and intoxicating qualities.
休整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Carrier.[2]. Concièrge, janitor, door-keeper.
弗兰克編輯
解釋/意思:
n. one who carries burdens for hire: a dark-brown malt liquor prob. because a favourite drink with London porters.—ns. Port′erage carriage: charge made by a porter for carrying goods; Port′er-house a restaurant; Port′erhouse-steak (U.S.) a choice cut of beef-steak next to the sirloin.—adv. Port′erly like a porter: coarse.
n. a door-keeper or gate-keeper: one who waits at the door to receive messages:—fem. Port′eress Port′ress.—n. Port′erage the office or duty of a porter.—Porter's lodge a house or an apartment near a gate for the use of the porter.
編輯:耶鲁
娱乐性解釋/意思:
Seeing a porter in a dream, denotes decided bad luck and eventful happenings. To imagine yourself a porter, denotes humble circumstances. To hire one, you will be able to enjoy whatever success comes to you. To discharge one, signifies that disagreeable charges will be preferred against you.
达伦編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- The porter lit it again, and I asked if that was all the light the clerk sent. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- At last he grasped the manuscript upon which Jane Porter had been writing, and as cautiously withdrew his arm and hand, holding the precious treasure. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- They are all empty, said the porter. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Mrs. Porter inquired, growing impatient. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The barber came with the porter. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Soon the entire party had landed where stood Professor Porter, Mr. Philander and the weeping Esmeralda. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It was the cry of the kill from the throat of the man who has just saved your life, Miss Porter. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- When he had written it, he said: 'All right, porter, I will take this myself. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Speculation is futile, said Professor Porter sadly. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- With a human being I have never spoken, except once with Jane Porter, by signs. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I interfered, Professor Porter, replied Tarzan, because your daughter does not love Mr. Canler--she does not wish to marry him. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The porter came out with them. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The genius of that porter was something wonderful. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- If I find Miss Porter we shall need it. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Mr. Tousley, Miss Porter. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- There are no porters, and no one here seems to listen-- I know: our American stations must surprise you. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I was thinking of asking the Porters, as the Browns can't come. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- You knew that without security you had a greater hold on the honor of the Porters than with it. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- At the station I had expected to see the porters from the hotels but there was no one. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The bar of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters was a bar to soften the human breast. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I might as well have asked for porters and a handbarrow. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Will you also have guards and porters at those gates, as Chosroes had? 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- At mid-day following he reappeared at the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, in the character, not new to him, of a witness before a Coroner's Jury. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- And I might as well have spoken to the iron funnel of the strongest sea-going steamer that passes the Fellowship Porters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She asked this question, rather of the fire than of the hostess of the Fellowship Porters, and looked round the little bar with troubled eyes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It was brought by porters. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Show the Force the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, and the Force--to a constable--will show you a piece of perfection, Mr Kibble. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- When they had plodded on for some time nigh the river, Riah asked the way to a certain tavern called the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This description applies to the river-frontage of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- If I could choose, I should say a minute,' replied Eugene, 'for the Jolly Fellowship Porters are not the jolliest dogs I have known. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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