porters

英 [ˈpɔːtəz]

美 [ˈpɔrtərz]

n.  (尤指火车站、机场或旅馆)行李员，搬运工; (医院里护送病人的)护工; 门卫; 门房
porter的复数

柯林斯词典

• 看门人；门房
  Aporteris a person whose job is to be in charge of the entrance of a building such as a hotel.

in AM, use 美国英语用 doorman


• （火车站或宾馆的）行李员，搬运工
  Aporteris a person whose job is to carry things, for example people's luggage at a railway station or in a hotel.
• （列车卧车的）服务生
  Aporteron a train is a person whose job is to make up beds in the sleeping car and to help passengers.

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 attendant


• （医院运送病人的）护工，勤杂工
  In a hospital, aporteris someone whose job is to move patients from place to place.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 orderly

双语例句

• It is usual to tip porters, taxi drivers, and waiters.
  给门卫，出租车司机和服务员小费是很平常的。
• It is usual to tip waiters, porters, guides and drivers.
  给服务员、行李搬运工、导游和司机小费是惯例。
• This time the party took porters from Hunza instead of Sherpas from Nepal.
  这次探险队没有从尼泊尔雇佣夏尔巴人做挑夫，而是雇佣了罕萨人。
• The porters singsonged the travellers 'luggage up the mountain.
  守门人说唱旅行者宿留在山上。
• Sherpas were first employed as porters, tasked with carrying large amounts of equipment to supply the military-style expeditions of the day.
  夏尔巴人最初被雇作搬运工，搬运当时军事化探险中大量的装备和供给。
• The porters may be-fied by their red caps.
  从他们戴的红帽子就可辨认出他们是行李搬运工。
• The lorry and van like static statue accompany the steamer on the bank. The tired porters have fallen in sleep in the cab.
  卡车和货车如静静的雕像伫立在岸边，劳累的搬运工已经在驾驶室里睡着了。
• Stone was quarried locally and carried to site by porters and mules;
  建筑用的石头都是靠当地居民开采的，并用当地的骡子进行运载。
• There aren't any porters, so we'll have to find a trolley for the luggage.
  没有行李工，所以我们只得找辆手推车拖行李。
• Porters possessing guns posed a potential threat to popularizing education in densely populated areas.
  拥有枪支的那些搬运工对在人口密集地区推广教育构成了一个潜在的威胁。