| 单词 | porter |
| 释义 | porter (pɔːʳtəʳ ) Word forms: porters 1. countable noun A porter is a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance of a building such as a hotel. [British] regional note: in AM, use doorman2. countable noun A porter is a person whose job is to carry things, for example people's luggage at a railway station or in a hotel. 3. countable noun A porter on a train is a person whose job is to make up beds in the sleeping car and to help passengers. [US] regional note: in BRIT, usually use attendant 4. countable noun In a hospital, a porter is someone whose job is to move patients from place to place. [mainly British] regional note: in AM, usually use orderlyCollocations: hotel porter The hotel porter found them the next morning. Times, Sunday Times Step forward a hotel porter, a forklift truck driver and a self-employed tiler who delivered when it mattered most. The Sun That hotel porter definitely knows a lot. The Sun He was working as a hotel porter and later in security. The Sun Learning the location of the familys residence from a hotel porter, he finds the house, only to realize that it would be futile to intrude. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 守门人 Japanese: ポーター |
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