| 单词 | carrier |
| 释义 | carrier (kæriəʳ) Word forms: plural carriers 1. countable noun A carrier is a vehicle that is used for carrying people, especially soldiers, or things. There were armoured personnel carriers and tanks on the streets. Deliveries are made by common carrier or van line. 2. See also aircraft carrier 3. countable noun A carrier is a passenger airline. Aer Lingus, Ireland's national carrier, will report its full-year results tomorrow. 4. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] A carrier is a person or an animal that is infected with a disease and so can make other people or animals ill. ...screening of Ebola carriers. ...carriers of disease such as mosquitoes and worms. [+ of] Carrier in British English (ˈkærɪə) noun a member of an Athapaskan Native North American people of British Columbia carrier in British English (ˈkærɪə) noun 1. a person, thing, or organization employed to carry goods, passengers, etc 2. a mechanism by which something is carried or moved, such as a device for transmitting rotation from the faceplate of a lathe to the workpiece 3. pathology another name for vector (sense 3) 4. pathology a person or animal that, without having any symptoms of a disease, is capable of transmitting it to others 5. Also called: charge carrier physics an electron, ion, or hole that carries the charge in a conductor or semiconductor 6. short for carrier wave 7. chemistry a. the inert solid on which a dyestuff is adsorbed in forming a lake b. a substance, such as kieselguhr or asbestos, used to support a catalyst c. an inactive substance containing a radioisotope used in radioactive tracing d. an inert gas used to transport the sample through a gas-chromatography column e. a catalyst that effects the transfer of an atom or group from one molecule to another 8. aircraft carrier 9. a breed of domestic fancy pigeon having a large walnut-shaped wattle over the beak; a distinct variety of pigeon from the homing or carrier pigeon See also carrier pigeon10. a US name for roof rack carrier in American English (ˈkæriər) noun 1. a person or thing that carries, as one who delivers mail or newspapers, or a train, bus, airplane, etc. 2. a. a person or company in the business of transporting goods or passengers b. a company in the business of providing telephone service 3. a messenger or porter 4. a container, support, or course in or on which something is carried or conducted, as a mechanical part or device or a water conduit 5. a reclining plastic seat for a baby, which may be carried or set down 6. a company that insures a certain person, organization, etc. 7. aircraft carrier 8. a person or animal that carries and transmits disease germs or recessive genes, esp. a person who does not seem to be affected by them 9. Chemistry a. a catalytic agent that causes an element or radical to be transferred from one compound to another b. a body which supports the catalyst deposited in or on it c. a relatively large quantity of a stable substance that is combined with a minute quantity of an isotope, esp. one that is a radioactive tracer, to facilitate its handling 10. Electronics an electron, ion, hole, etc. whose movement constitutes a flow of electric current 11. Radio and Television the steady transmitted wave whose amplitude, frequency, or phase is modulated by the signal Word origin ME carier < carien, carrycarrier in Retail (kæriər) Word forms: (regular plural) carriers noun (Retail: Distribution) A carrier is any business that transports goods from the seller to the buyer, by road, air, train, or ship. If shipping cartons are damaged, the carrier should note this on the delivery receipt. The delivery can be tracked online, showing which depot the carrier last delivered the goods to, and when. A carrier is any business that transports goods from the seller to the buyer, by road, air,train, or ship. Examples of 'Carrier' in a sentence |
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