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单词 port of call
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port of call

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noun

a port visited briefly by a ship, usually to take on or discharge passengers and cargo or to undergo repairs.

Origin of port of call

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby port of call

Pôrto Alegre, portobello, Portobelo, portobilioarterial, portoenterostomy, port of call, port of entry, Portofino, Port-of-Spain, portogram, portography
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Example sentences from the Web for port of call

  • That was a new port to me, and it wasn't a port-of-call at all till the English took it.

    The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton
  • Despite her wealth Eloise was no different from the port-of-call girls.

    The Lani People|J. F. Bone

British Dictionary definitions for port of call

port of call

noun

any port where a ship stops, excluding its home port
any place visited on a traveller's itinerary
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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