| 单词 | porter |
| 释义 | Word Frequency porter 1(ˈpɔːtə) noun 1. a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc, esp at a railway station or hotel 2. (in hospitals) a person employed to move patients from place to place 3. US and Canadian a railway employee who waits on passengers, esp in a sleeper 4. East Africa a manual labourer Word origin C14: from Old French portour, from Late Latin portātōr, from Latin portāre to carryWord Frequency porter 2(ˈpɔːtə) noun 1. mainly British a person in charge of a gate or door; doorman or gatekeeper 2. a person employed by a university or college as a caretaker and doorkeeper who also answers enquiries 3. a person in charge of the maintenance of a building, esp a block of flats 4. Also called: ostiary Roman Catholic Church a person ordained to what was formerly the lowest in rank of the minor orders Word origin C13: from Old French portier, from Late Latin portārius doorkeeper, from Latin porta doorWord Frequency porter 3(ˈpɔːtə) noun British a dark sweet ale brewed from black malt Word origin C18: shortened from porter's ale, apparently because it was a favourite beverage of portersWord Frequency Porter(ˈpɔːtə) noun 1. Cole. 1893–1964, US composer and lyricist of musical comedies. His most popular songs include Night and Day and Let's do It 2. George, Baron Porter of Luddenham. 1920–2002, British chemist, who shared a Nobel prize for chemistry in 1967 for his work on flash photolysis 3. Katherine Anne. 1890–1980, US short-story writer and novelist. Her best-known collections of stories are Flowering Judas (1930) and Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939) 4. Peter. 1929–2010, Australian poet, lived in Britain 5. Rodney Robert. 1917–85, British biochemist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1972 for determining the structure of an antibody 6. William Sidney. original name of O. Henry |
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