单词 | portage |
释义 | portage /pawr"tij, pohr"-/, or, for 2, 3, 5, 6, /pawr tahzh"/, n. , v. , portaged, portaging. n. 1. the act of carrying; carriage. 2. the carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another. 3. the route over which this is done. 4. the cost of carriage. v.i. 5. to make a portage: On this stretch of the river, we have to portage for a mile. v.t. 6. to carry (something) over a portage; make a portage with: We portaged our canoe around the rapids. [1375-1425; late ME < MF; see PORT5, -AGE] |
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