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- a person employed to carry luggage and other loads, especially in a railway station, airport, hotel, or market搬运工, 行李工, 脚夫。
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- （亦作hospital porter）a hospital employee who moves equipment or patients（医院的）护工, 勤杂工。
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- a person employed to carry supplies on a mountaineering expedition（登山探险中的）补给搬运员。
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- N. Amer. a sleeping-car attendant〈北美〉（卧铺车厢的）列车员, 服务生。
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- mass noun dark brown bitter beer brewed from malt partly charred or browned by drying at a high temperature黑啤酒。
- ORIGIN: originally made as a drink for porters.
词源
Middle English: from Old French porteour, from medieval Latin portator, from Latin portare 'carry'.