carrier

Word family

car·ri·er /ˈkæriə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1 BBCTTa company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another 运输公司 → carry

an international carrier

跨国运输公司

2. PMTTCa military vehicle or ship used to move soldiers, weapons etc 〔运送士兵、武器等的〕军车；运输舰 → aircraft carrier , people carrier

3 MI medical someone who passes a disease or gene to other people, especially without being affected by it themselves 〔病菌、病毒或隐形基因的〕携带者 → carry

carriers of the lung disease, TB

肺结核病菌的携带者

4 TTBsomething used for carrying something 搬运物，运输工具 → carry

a baby carrier

婴儿背带

5. D British EnglishBrE a carrier bag 手提购物袋

6. American EnglishAmE a company that provides a service such as insurance or telephones 〔提供保险、电话等服务的〕服务公司

Examples from the Corpus

carrier• Carrie had Nick's case as well as her own and a carrier bag with a broken string handle.• a carrier with routes to the eastern U.S.• So the last hope of hitting the enemy carriers was reluctantly abandoned.• We give a gift to the letter carrier at Christmas.• a newspaper carrier• Yet Gloria herself never seemed to hold on to more than the bare essentials that they had in their two paper carriers.• Fuchida ordered his remaining 324 aircraft back to the waiting carriers but stayed as long as he could over the target.

From Longman Business Dictionary

carriercar·ri·er /ˈkæriə-ər/ noun [countableC]TRANSPORTORGANIZATIONS

a person or company whose job is to TRANSPORT goods from one place to another

national carriers like Pickfords, with their own warehouses and regular clientele

the American overseas air carrier, United Airlines