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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
port
port [port ports ported porting] noun, verb BrE [pɔːt] NAmE [pɔːrt]
noun
1. countable a town or city with a ↑harbour, especially one where ships load and unload goods
•fishing ports
• Rotterdam is a major port.
2. countable, uncountable (abbr.Pt.)a place where ships load and unload goods or shelter from storms
•a naval 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)
see also ↑airport, ↑free port, ↑heliport, ↑seaport
3. (also port ˈwine)uncountable a strong sweet wine, usually dark red, that is made in Portugal. It is usually drunk at the end of a meal.
4. countable a glass of port
5. uncountable the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when you are facing forward
•the port side
compare ↑starboard
6. countable (computing)a place on a computer where you can attach another piece of equipment, often using a cable
•the modem port
Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 Old English Latin portus ‘haven, harbour’ Middle English Old French n. senses 3 to 4 n. sense 5 mid 16th cent.n. sense 6 Old English ‘gateway’ Latin porta ‘gate’ Middle English Old French porte ‘opening in the side of a ship’ ‘opening’ v. Middle English Old French port ‘bearing, gait’ porter Latin portare ‘carry’ French porter
Thesaurus:
port noun C
•The ship spent four days in port.
dock • • marina • |BrE harbour • |AmE harbor •
in port/dock/the marina/harbour
enter/leave port/the dock/harbour
Example Bank:
•Foreign visitors are fingerprinted at the port of entry.
•Our next port of call was Bermuda.
•She tried to steer the boat into port.
•The vessel reached port the next morning.
•My first port of call in town was the bank.
•The ship spent four days in port.
•There was a spontaneous welcome for anyone who put into port on the island.
•a fishing/naval/container/ferry port
•a port city/town
•a port of entry
•the German port of Kiel
Idiom: ↑any port in a storm
verb
1. ~ sth (to sth) (computing)to copy software from one system or machine to another
•The software can be ported to an IBM RS/6000.
2. ~ sth (to sth) to continue to use the same number when you change from one phone company to another
•how to port your number to a new mobile phone
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 Old English Latin portus ‘haven, harbour’ Middle English Old French n. senses 3 to 4 n. sense 5 mid 16th cent.n. sense 6 Old English ‘gateway’ Latin porta ‘gate’ Middle English Old French porte ‘opening in the side of a ship’ ‘opening’ v. Middle English Old French port ‘bearing, gait’ porter Latin portare ‘carry’ French porter
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