portal

portal1
noun
  1. a doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and elaborate one
    门,入口(尤指大型复杂精美的门)
  2. (Computing)an Internet site providing a directory of links to other sites
    (计算机)门户网站
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin portale, neuter (used as a noun) of portalis 'like a gate', from Latin porta 'door, gate'

portal2
adjective
[attrib.]
  1. (Anatomy)of or relating to an opening in an organ through which major blood vessels pass, especially the transverse fissure of the liver
    (剖)门静脉的;肝门的
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin portalis, from Latin porta 'gate'
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