English Dictionary

port of call

名詞

比喩的用法

(nautical) any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies / (figuratively) A place visited.

日本語の意味

寄港地：船が母港以外に寄港し、貨物や乗客の乗降、補給などを行う港。 / 訪問先：比喩的に、訪れる場所や目的地。

The freighter stopped at Hong Kong as its first port of call to unload containers and take on fresh provisions.

貨物船は最初の寄港地である香港に立ち寄り、コンテナを降ろして新鮮な物資を積み込んだ。

意味（1）

(nautical) any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies

意味（2）

(figuratively) A place visited.

My first port of call was the home of an old friend of my mother's, an American woman who'd married a French man.

ports of call （ plural ）