英语词汇“train porter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

train porter n. (a) a railway official in charge of a train over a single-line section of railway (now historical); (b) originally North American an attendant on a train, esp. in a sleeping car (cf. porter n.² 1d); (also) a person employed to carry luggage in a railway station.

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society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > in charge of a railway or part of a railway

trainmaster1828

train porter1842

train dispatcher1855

1842 Rep. Officers Railway Dept. p. vi (table) in Parl. Papers XLI. 13 Train Porter.

1873 Returns Railways Companies Connections 11 in Parl. Papers LVII. 765 Single Lines of Railway..Worked under the Train Porter System.

1878 J. L. Rock & W. I. Smith Southern & Western Texas Guide x. 235 Train Porters have been placed on all Day Cars of this line... Their duties are the same as those of Porters on Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars.

1923 Summary Accident Investig. Rep. (U.S. Interstate Commerce Comm.) 18 40 Circumstances strongly indicated that the train porter of train No. 106 was the man who operated the switch. It was his duty to open the switch after train No. 103 passed.

1945 Crisis Nov. 316/1 On a train enroute home from a relocation center the friendliest person they encountered was a Negro train porter.

2008 F. Clark Waking Brigid xvii. 210 After directing the train porter where to stack her luggage, she set off down the platform towards the station.

单词	train porter
释义	> as lemmas train porter train porter n. (a) a railway official in charge of a train over a single-line section of railway (now historical); (b) originally North American an attendant on a train, esp. in a sleeping car (cf. porter n.² 1d); (also) a person employed to carry luggage in a railway station. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > in charge of a railway or part of a railway trainmaster1828 train porter1842 train dispatcher1855 1842 Rep. Officers Railway Dept. p. vi (table) in Parl. Papers XLI. 13 Train Porter. 1873 Returns Railways Companies Connections 11 in Parl. Papers LVII. 765 Single Lines of Railway..Worked under the Train Porter System. 1878 J. L. Rock & W. I. Smith Southern & Western Texas Guide x. 235 Train Porters have been placed on all Day Cars of this line... Their duties are the same as those of Porters on Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars. 1923 Summary Accident Investig. Rep. (U.S. Interstate Commerce Comm.) 18 40 Circumstances strongly indicated that the train porter of train No. 106 was the man who operated the switch. It was his duty to open the switch after train No. 103 passed. 1945 Crisis Nov. 316/1 On a train enroute home from a relocation center the friendliest person they encountered was a Negro train porter. 2008 F. Clark Waking Brigid xvii. 210 After directing the train porter where to stack her luggage, she set off down the platform towards the station. extracted from trainn.² < as lemmas
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