portage

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways. countable,uncountable
  2. The route used for such carrying. countable,uncountable
  3. A charge made for carrying something. countable,uncountable
    — gaining thereby the charge of portage; was a great benefit to them
  4. Carrying capacity; tonnage. countable,uncountable
    — Onely the shippe that came thither payde a small thing according to her portage, aud euery yeere in the port of Orisa were laden fiue and twentie or thirtie ships great and smal with ryce and diuers sortes of fine white bumbaste cloth[…]
  5. The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage. countable,uncountable
  6. A porthole. countable,uncountable
    — Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
动词 v.
  1. To carry a boat overland. transitive
    — Two months have now elapsed since the work was first begun, viz: from the 20th of last December to the 20th instant, fully one month of which has been occupied in exploring, and the remainder in camping, portageing and measuring; […]

词形变化

portages plural portages present,singular,third-person portaging participle,present portaged participle,past portaged past

词汇关系

衍生词
Cranberry Portage Portage County Portage Lake Portage la Prairie portage pack

词源

词源 1
From Middle English portage, borrowed from Middle French portage, from Old French portage, from Early Medieval Latin portāticum. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -age.
词源 2
From Middle English portage, borrowed from Middle French portage, from Old French portage, from Early Medieval Latin portāticum. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -age.
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