释义 |
ap·port I. \əˈpō(ə)rt, aˈ-, -ȯ(ə)rt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English aport, apport, alteration (influenced by Middle English aport, apport offering, contribution, from Middle French aport, from Old French, from aporter to bring, from Latin apportare) of port — more at port 1. obsolete : bearing, port 2. [French, literally, action of bringing, thing brought, from apporter to bring, from Latin apportare] : motion or production of an object by a spiritualist medium without apparent physical agency; also : the object so produced II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: probably from French apporter, literally, to bring, from Latin apportare, from ad- + portare to carry — more at port : to produce (a material object) at a spiritualist séance without any apparent physical means |