Carrier Carrying Disease Company N Count 可数名词 Vehicle Person
A "carrier" can refer to a vehicle or company that transports goods or people, a military vehicle or ship, a person or animal that transmits a disease without being affected, or a device for carrying items. It can also refer to a telephone or internet service provider or a grocery bag.
A "carrier" can refer to a vehicle or company that transports goods or people, a military vehicle or ship, a person or animal that transmits a disease without being affected, or a device for carrying items. It can also refer to a telephone or internet service provider or a grocery bag.
；运输工具；(尤指)军车，运输舰 A carrier is a vehicle that is used for carrying people, especially soldiers, or things.
There were armoured personnel carriers and tanks on the streets...
街上有装甲运兵车和坦克。
Deliveries are made by common carrier or van line.
货物运输采用普通货车或厢式货车。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]客运航空公司 A carrier is a passenger airline.
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]携带病菌者；带菌者 A carrier is a person or an animal that is infected with a disease and so can make other people or animals ill.
[usu n N]
...an AIDS carrier.
艾滋病病毒携带者
...carriers of disease such as mosquitoes and worms.
蚊子、蠕虫之类携带病毒的昆虫
Oxford
car·rier/ˈkæriə(r); NAmEˈkæriər/noun1a company that carries goods or passengers from one place to another, especially by air （尤指经营空运的）运输公司2a military vehicle or ship that carries soldiers or equipment from one place to another 军输车；运输舰；航空母舰◆an armoured personnel carrier装甲运兵车☞see also
aircraft carrier
,
people carrier
3a person or animal that passes a disease to other people or animals but does not suffer from it 带菌者，病原携带者（自身不受感染而传播疾病的人或动物）4a metal frame that is fixed to a bicycle and used for carrying bags （自行车的）载物架5a person or thing that carries sth 搬运人；运送人；运输工具◆Aquarius, the Water Carrier宝瓶座◆a baby carrier (= for carrying a baby on your back or in front of you)（用于前胸或后背的）婴儿背带6( BrE) =
carrier bag
7a company that provides a telephone or Internet service 电话公司；互联网公司；通信公司◆a telecoms carrier通信公司carriercarrierscar·rier/ˈkæriə(r); NAmEˈkæriər/
LDC
carriercar‧ri‧er /ˈkæriə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
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1a company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another → carry: an international carrier2a military vehicle or ship used to move soldiers, weapons etc →
aircraft carrier
, people carrier
3 medical someone who passes a disease or gene to other people, especially without being affected by it themselves → carry: carriers of the lung disease, TB4something used for carrying something → carry: a baby carrier5 British English a carrier bag6American English a company that provides a service such as insurance or telephones