portable

portable — adjective

1. small or light enough to take from place to place without much trouble.

1.形容詞C1
釋義

small or light enough to take from place to place without much trouble.

例句

We packed a portable stove for the rainy mountain campsite.

portable + equipment noun

This speaker is portable, so Nia carries it to every picnic.

predicative: be portable

同義詞
  • compact

    stresses small size more than ease of carrying

  • lightweight

    focuses on low weight, even if the item is not designed for travel

  • handheld

    narrower; used for items small enough to hold while using

  • mobile

    broader; can mean able to move or operate in different places

反義詞

文法句型

a portable + device/object

be portable

make + object + portable

用法筆記

Most often used for equipment, furniture, and tools. Distinguish from sense 2: here the key idea is easy carrying in the physical world, not whether something can move to a new job or work on another system.

常見錯誤

❌This printer is small and portability.
✅This printer is small and portable.
💡portable is the adjective; portability is the noun.
❌I bought a portable of speaker for trips.
✅I bought a portable speaker for trips.
💡portable usually goes directly before the noun it describes.

2. able to go with you, or stay usable, when you change place, job, or computer sys

2.形容詞C2
釋義

able to go with you, or stay usable, when you change place, job, or computer system.

例句

Lina's pension is portable, so she kept it after changing companies.

portable benefits after changing jobs

The team saved the notes in a portable file format for Windows and Mac computers.

portable file format across systems

同義詞
  • transferable

    best for benefits, skills, rights, and plans that move with a person

  • compatible

    narrower; mainly used for software or files that work on different systems

  • reusable

    focuses on being usable again, not on moving to another place

反義詞

文法句型

portable benefits/pension

portable to + new place/job/system

portable between + places/systems

portable file format/code

用法筆記

Often used with abstract nouns such as benefits, pensions, skills, accounts, data, or file formats. Distinguish from sense 1: in sense 1 an object is easy to carry, while in sense 2 the important point is that something can move with you or still work elsewhere.

常見錯誤

❌The file is portable, so it feels light in my bag.
✅The file is portable, so it opens on my new laptop too.
💡in this sense portable is about transfer or reuse, not physical weight.
❌Her pension is portable for her new job.
✅Her pension is portable to her new job.
💡this sense often uses to, between, or across to show the new place or system.

portable — noun