Porter

(noun.) a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley.

(noun.) a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars).

(noun.) a person employed to carry luggage and supplies.

(noun.) United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910).

(noun.) United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946).

(noun.) United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980).

(verb.) carry luggage or supplies; 'They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists'.

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• The porter lit it again, and I asked if that was all the light the clerk sent. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• At last he grasped the manuscript upon which Jane Porter had been writing, and as cautiously withdrew his arm and hand, holding the precious treasure. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• They are all empty, said the porter. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Mrs. Porter inquired, growing impatient. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The barber came with the porter. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Soon the entire party had landed where stood Professor Porter, Mr. Philander and the weeping Esmeralda. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It was the cry of the kill from the throat of the man who has just saved your life, Miss Porter. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• When he had written it, he said: 'All right, porter, I will take this myself. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Speculation is futile, said Professor Porter sadly. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• With a human being I have never spoken, except once with Jane Porter, by signs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I interfered, Professor Porter, replied Tarzan, because your daughter does not love Mr. Canler--she does not wish to marry him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The porter came out with them. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The genius of that porter was something wonderful. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• If I find Miss Porter we shall need it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Mr. Tousley, Miss Porter. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• There are no porters, and no one here seems to listen-- I know: our American stations must surprise you. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I was thinking of asking the Porters, as the Browns can't come. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• You knew that without security you had a greater hold on the honor of the Porters than with it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• At the station I had expected to see the porters from the hotels but there was no one. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The bar of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters was a bar to soften the human breast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I might as well have asked for porters and a handbarrow. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Will you also have guards and porters at those gates, as Chosroes had? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At mid-day following he reappeared at the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, in the character, not new to him, of a witness before a Coroner's Jury. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And I might as well have spoken to the iron funnel of the strongest sea-going steamer that passes the Fellowship Porters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She asked this question, rather of the fire than of the hostess of the Fellowship Porters, and looked round the little bar with troubled eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It was brought by porters. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Show the Force the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, and the Force--to a constable--will show you a piece of perfection, Mr Kibble. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• When they had plodded on for some time nigh the river, Riah asked the way to a certain tavern called the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This description applies to the river-frontage of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• If I could choose, I should say a minute,' replied Eugene, 'for the Jolly Fellowship Porters are not the jolliest dogs I have known. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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