carrier

英 [ˈkæriə(r)]

美 [ˈkæriər]

n. (尤指经营空运的)运输公司; 军用运输车; 运输舰; 航空母舰; 带菌者，病原携带者(自身不受感染而传播疾病的人或动物)

复数：carriers　

Collins.3 / BNC.3636 / COCA.3271

牛津词典

noun

（尤指经营空运的）运输公司
a company that carries goods or passengers from one place to another, especially by air
军用运输车；运输舰；航空母舰
a military vehicle or ship that carries soldiers or equipment from one place to another
1. an armoured personnel carrier
  装甲运兵车
带菌者，病原携带者（自身不受感染而传播疾病的人或动物）
a person or animal that passes a disease to other people or animals but does not suffer from it
（自行车的）载物架
a metal frame that is fixed to a bicycle and used for carrying bags
搬运人；运送人；运输工具
a person or thing that carries sth
搬运人；运送人；运输工具
a person or thing that carries sth
电话公司；互联网公司；通信公司
a company that provides a telephone or Internet service
1. a telecoms carrier
  通信公司

See also:There were armoured personnel carriers and tanks on the streets...Deliveries are made by common carrier or van line.aircraft carrier
N-COUNT 客运航空公司
Acarrieris a passenger airline.
1. Switzerland's national carrier, Swissair, has been having a hard time recently.
  瑞士的国有航空公司——瑞士航空公司，最近日子很不好过。
N-COUNT 携带病菌者;带菌者
Acarrieris a person or an animal that is infected with a disease and so can make other people or animals ill.
1. ...an AIDS carrier.
  艾滋病病毒携带者
2. ...carriers of disease such as mosquitoes and worms.
  蚊子、蠕虫之类携带病毒的昆虫

noun

(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
Synonym:aircraft carrierflattopattack aircraft carrier
a rack attached to a vehicle
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
1. refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
Synonym:common carrier
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
Synonym:immune carrier
a boy who delivers newspapers
Synonym:newsboy
someone whose employment involves carrying something
1. the bonds were transmitted by carrier
Synonym:bearertoter
a man who delivers the mail
Synonym:mailmanpostmanmail carrierletter carrier
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
Synonym:carrier wave
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

Switzerland's national carrier, Swissair, has been having a hard time recently.
瑞士的国有航空公司——瑞士航空公司，最近日子很不好过。
Colleges and universities with exceptional resource advantages can be an important carrier for its spread and growth.
具有得天独厚的资源优势的高校可以作为其传播和发展的重要载体；
They seized four containers of explosive materials in a carrier vehicle, but the driver escaped.
他们在一辆运输车上缴获了四个装有炸药的货箱，但是司机逃跑了。
It was designed that low voltage power carrier concentrated meter reading system in this paper.
设计了低压电力载波集中抄表系统并在承德某供电分公司进行了实际运行试点。
He has a carrier pigeon.
他有一只信鸽。
Confined work area under the engine carrier and front axle.
发动机托架和前轴下有限的工作区。
Language is a carrier and manifestation of national culture.
语言是民族文化的载体和表现形式。
Deliveries are made by common carrier or van line.
货物运输采用普通货车或厢式货车。
He was accused of acting as a carrier for drug pushers.
他被指控为一些毒贩运毒。
Accurate carrier phase measurement is an important research direction in precise ranging.
精确的载波相位测量是精密测距中一个很重要的研究点。