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单词 porthole
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porthole

(pɔːʳthoʊl)
Word forms: plural portholes
countable noun
A porthole is a small round window in the side of a ship or aircraft.
Dan was in his cabin, staring out of a porthole.

porthole in British English

(ˈpɔːtˌhəʊl)
noun
1. 
a small aperture in the side of a vessel to admit light and air, usually fitted with a watertight glass or metal cover, or both
Sometimes shortened to: port
2. 
an opening in a wall or parapet through which a gun can be fired; embrasure

porthole in American English

(ˈpɔrtˌhoʊl)
noun
1. 
an opening in a ship's side, esp. a round one for admitting light and air, fittedwith thick glass and, often, a hinged metal cover
2. 
an opening to shoot through, in the wall of a fort; embrasure
3. 
an opening shaped somewhat like this, as in a furnace door

Examples of 'porthole' in a sentence
porthole

Alex limped to the porthole, apparently surveying the scene of unloading beneath him.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2003)
Like a log of wood I crossed the Cabin, fetching up at last against Traveller, whose strong hand propelled me to the porthole frame.
Baxter, Stephen ANTI-ICE (2003)
He himself has a personal memory, one which, he says, will always haunt him -- the face at the porthole.
Maclean, Alistair THE LONELY SEA (2003)
Regret and love and pain flooded into her, as if she had accidentally tripped a porthole below the waterline.
Patrick Ness THE CRASH OF HENNINGTON (2003)
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