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A portmanteau is a very large suitcase that opens into two halves, like a book. used this kind of case a hundred years ago and packed clothes in both sides, then shut it with clasps.
A portmanteau is a very large suitcaseportmanteau是一種非常大的行李箱， that opens into two halves, like a book打開會分成兩半，像一本書一樣。 Travellers used this kind of case a hundred years ago一百年前的旅人會用這種箱子， and packed clothes in both sides兩邊都塞衣服， then shut it with clasps再用扣環扣起來。
The word is French in feel and a little old-fashioned for the object; today most people just say suitcase. It started in French as a name for a coat stand — literally “carries-cloak” — and then named the big case that carried your clothes.
The word is French in feel這個字聽起來很有法文味， and a little old-fashioned for the object用來指這個東西也有點過時了； today most people just say suitcase現在大部分人都直接說suitcase。 It started in French as a name for a coat stand它最早在法文裡是衣帽架的名稱—— literally “carries-cloak”字面意思是「揹披風的東西」—— and then named the big case that carried your clothes後來才拿來稱呼裝衣服的那種大箱子。
Though actually English later used the same picture for words: a portmanteau word is two words packed into one, like brunch from breakfast and lunch. In schools that second meaning is now the one you hear most.
Though actually不過實際上， English later used the same picture for words英文後來把同樣的畫面用在字上面： a portmanteau word is two words packed into oneportmanteau word是把兩個字塞成一個字， like brunch from breakfast and lunch就像brunch是breakfast加lunch。 In schools在學校裡， that second meaning is now the one you hear most現在你比較常聽到的是這個第二個意思。
This entry is the suitcase.
This entry is the suitcase這個詞條講的是行李箱這個意思。
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
portmanteaunoun/pɔːtˈmæn.təʊ/
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A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
- A Rover tooke him unprepared, / Search't his Port-mantua, bound him faſter, / And ſent him naked to his Maſter: […]
- Rodolphus therefore finding such an earnest Invitation, embrac'd it with thanks, and with his Servant and Portmanteau, went to Don Juan's; where they first found good Stabling for their Horses, and afterwards as good Provision for themselves.
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human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA word formed by putting two words together and thereby their meaning.
- Well, ‘slithy’ means ‘lithe and slimy.’ ‘Lithe’ is the same as ‘active.’ You see it’s like a portmanteau⸺there are two meanings packed up into one word.
- Well then, ‘mimsy’ is ‘flimsy and miserable’ (there’s another portmanteau for you).
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A portmanteau film.
- We're so bombarded with images, it's a struggle to preserve our imaginations.' In response, he's turned to cinema, commissioning 11 film-makers to contribute to a portmanteau film, entitled '11'09"01' and composed of short films each running 11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame.
- His long-awaited portmanteau, which premiered in Cannes on Monday, is the most Anderson of all Anderson films. It's Anderson distilled, Anderson squared, Anderson to the nth degree.
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datedA schoolbag.
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archaicA hook on which to hang clothing.
- But before I started that long and rather far-fetched and not frightfully original digression, what I meant to say quite simply was that there are no portmanteaux to be examined here because the clientele of this café, ladies and gentlemen, does not sit down.
portmanteauadj/pɔːtˈmæn.təʊ/
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human-scienceslinguisticssciencesMade by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.
- The overall narrator of this portmanteau story - for Dickens co-wrote it with five collaborators on his weekly periodical, All the Year Round - expresses deep, rational scepticism about the whole business of haunting.
portmanteauverb/pɔːtˈmæn.təʊ/
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To create a portmanteau word.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。