porter

noun

/ˈpɔːtə(r)/

/ˈpɔːrtər/

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a person whose job is carrying people’s bags and other loads, especially at a train station, an airport or in a hotel
- Some Sherpas act as guides and porters for mountaineering expeditions.
see also kitchen porterTopics Jobsc1, Transport by bus and trainc1, Holidaysc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hospital
- kitchen
- railway
- …
porter + verb
- carry something
See full entry
(British English) a person whose job is to move patients from one place to another in a hospitalTopics Jobsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hospital
- kitchen
- railway
- …
porter + verb
- carry something
See full entry
(British English) a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance to a hotel, large building, college, etc.
- the night porter
- The hotel porter will get you a taxi.
compare doormanTopics Jobsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- head
- hall
- hotel
- …
phrases
- porter’s desk
- porter’s lodge
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(North American English) a person whose job is helping passengers on a train, especially in a sleeping carTopics Jobsc1

Word Originsenses 1 to 2 and sense 4 Middle English: from Old French porteour, from medieval Latin portator, from Latin portare ‘carry’.sense 3 Middle English: from Old French portier, from late Latin portarius, from porta ‘gate, door’.

单词	porter
释义	porter noun /ˈpɔːtə(r)/ /ˈpɔːrtər/ jump to other results a person whose job is carrying people’s bags and other loads, especially at a train station, an airport or in a hotel Some Sherpas act as guides and porters for mountaineering expeditions. see also kitchen porterTopics Jobsc1, Transport by bus and trainc1, Holidaysc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective hospital kitchen railway … porter + verb carry something See full entry (British English) a person whose job is to move patients from one place to another in a hospitalTopics Jobsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective hospital kitchen railway … porter + verb carry something See full entry (British English) a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance to a hotel, large building, college, etc. the night porter The hotel porter will get you a taxi. compare doormanTopics Jobsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective head hall hotel … phrases porter’s desk porter’s lodge See full entry (North American English) a person whose job is helping passengers on a train, especially in a sleeping carTopics Jobsc1 Word Originsenses 1 to 2 and sense 4 Middle English: from Old French porteour, from medieval Latin portator, from Latin portare ‘carry’.sense 3 Middle English: from Old French portier, from late Latin portarius, from porta ‘gate, door’.
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