"At the high port" nghĩa là gì?

"At the high port" -> nghĩa là trong tư thế sẵn sàng hành động; ngay lập tức và không chần chừ.

Ví dụ

From the outside The Jugged Hare looks like the imposing City boozer it must once have been. If you book a table for 7pm on a Tuesday evening, the inside of the Jugged Hare feels like that too. A mighty, heaving, shoulder-to-shoulder pack of men in dark suits, a few of whom have removed their jackets to reveal white shirts. A waitress steams past with a tray full of unidentifiable but doubtless noxious (độc hại) “shooters” at the high port. 

“Zhou Enlai called for pictures to be taken of the child­ren, the guard of honour goose stepped past with their automatic rifles (súng trường) at the high port and Khrushchev bowed to the colours. But there was a hint of restraint (sự giam giữ, thận trọng) about it all. Khrushchev was quieter than I have ever seen him before or since. He spoke of his visit to America and talked of peaceful coexistence (sự chung sống hòa bình). And there, in the nuances of two little speeches not lasting more than five minutes, the whole strained relationship between Khrushchev and the Chinese leaders was exposed.

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