carrier
n
1 person or thing that carries sth 運送某物的人或物.
2 person or company that carries goods or people for payment 運貨人; 貨運公司; 客運公司
Your carrier for this flight is British Airways. 你的這一班機是英國航空公司的飛機.
3 (usu metal) framework fixed to a bicycle, etc for carrying luggage or a small child (自行車等的)行李架
strap a parcel to the carrier 把包裹捆到行李架上.
4 person or animal that can transmit a disease to others without suffering from it 帶菌者(可傳染疾病而本身不受感染的人或動物); 傳染病的媒介
Mosquitoes are carriers of malaria. 蚊子是瘧疾的傳播媒介. Cf 參看 vector 2.
5 = aircraft-carrier (aircraft).
6 = carrier bag.
You were very kind. You brought out all your jewellery and you told me I could take anything I wanted. There were so many beautiful things that it was hard to choose. And then I saw a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre.