carrier

名词 carrier:

1. someone whose employment involves carrying something
   同义词：bearer, toter
2. a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
3. a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
   同义词：aircraft carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier
4. 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
5. a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
   同义词：common carrier
6. a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
   同义词：carrier wave
7. a man who delivers the mail
   同义词：mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier
8. a boy who delivers newspapers
   同义词：newsboy
9. (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
   同义词：immune carrier
10. a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
11. (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring

1. Legal interference with an opposing player to clear the path of the ball carrier.
   阻挡干扰对方队员为带球者开道的合乎规定的阻止
2. He used to be a mail carrier.
   他曾是个邮递员。

car.ri.er

n.（名词）
One that transports or conveys:
搬运人：搬运人或递送人：
例句：
baggage carriers; a message carrier.
行李搬运工；传信人

One, such as a person, a business, or an organization, that deals in the transport of passengers or goods.
运输公司：从事运输旅客或货物的人、商业公司或组织
A mechanism or device by which something is conveyed or conducted.
搬运器：一种用以传送或传导物品的机械或装置
Medicine A person or an animal that shows no symptoms of a disease but harbors the infectious agent of that disease and is capable of transmitting it to others.
【医学】 带菌者：没有表现出疾病的症状但却携带这种疾病的传染因子并由此能够传播疾病的人或动物
Genetics An individual that carries one gene for a particular recessive trait. A carrier does not express the trait but, when mated with another carrier, can produce offspring that do.
【遗传学】 带基因者：某种基因的携带者，带有特殊的隐性特征的基因的携带者。此种基因携带者虽不表现出这一特征，但当和另一携带者交配所生的后代表现出此特征
Electronics
【电子学】
A carrier wave.
载波
A charge-carrying entity, especially an electron or a hole in a semiconductor.
带电体：带电体，尤指一个半导体中的电子或孔穴
An aircraft carrier.
航空母舰
A telecommunications company.
电信公司