port
noun/pɔːrt/
Слово англійською: port
Переклад port українською: порт (корабе́льний і т. д.), га́вань, порт (в комп'ю́тері), лі́вий борт, портве́йн
Детальний опис
- [countable] a town or city with a harbour, especially one where ships load and unload goods
- a container/fishing port
- Rotterdam is a major port.
- the port city of Gdansk
- the Black Sea ports
- [countable, uncountable] (abbreviation Pt.)a place where ships load and unload goods or shelter from storms
- a naval port
- a container/ferry port
- in/into port The ship spent four days in port.
- They reached port at last.
- port of entry (= a place where people or goods can enter a country)
- the port authorities
- (also port wine)[uncountable] a strong sweet wine, usually dark red, that is made in Portugal. It is usually drunk at the end of a meal. see also tawny port
- [countable] a glass of port
- [uncountable] the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when you are facing forward
- the port side
- [countable] (computing) a place on a computer where you can attach another piece of equipment, often using a cable
- the modem port
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Old English, from Latin portus ‘haven, harbour’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French. noun senses 3 to 4 shortened form of Oporto, a major port in Portugal from which the wine is shipped. noun sense 5 mid 16th cent.: probably originally the side containing an entry port or facing the port (quayside) for loading. noun sense 6 Old English (in the sense ‘gateway’), from Latin porta ‘gate’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French porte. The later sense ‘opening in the side of a ship’ led to the general sense ‘opening’.
Idioms
any port in a storm
- (saying) if you are in great trouble, you take any help that is offered