door
n
1
(a) movable barrier that closes the entrance to a building, room, cupboard, car, etc 門
hinged/sliding/revolving doors 有鉸鏈的門[拉門/旋轉門]
hammer on the door 砰砰地敲門
open, shut, close, lock, bolt the door 開、 關、 閉、 鎖、 栓門
the front/back door, ie main door at the front/back of a house 前[後]門
a four-door saloon car 四門轎車. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, pages vi, xii.
(b) = doorway.
2 (idm 習語) at death's door => death. behind closed doors => close4. by/through the back door => back2. darken sb's door => darken. (from) ,door to `door (from) house to house 從一家門口到另一家門口
The journey takes about an hour, door to door. 從這家到那家的路程要用一小時.
He went from door to door, selling encyclopaedias. 他逐門逐戶去推銷百科全書.
[attrib 作定語]
a ,door-to-door `salesman 挨戶推銷的售貨員. the door to sth the means of getting or reaching sth 獲得或達到某事物的門路或手段
Our courses are the door to success in English. 我們的課程是學習英語的成功之路. a foot in the door => foot1. keep the wolf from the door => wolf. lay sth at sb's `door say that sb is responsible for sth that has gone wrong 歸咎於某人
The blame for the disaster has been laid firmly at the company's door. 這場大禍罪責全在公司. leave the door open => leave1. lie at sb's door => lie2. lock, etc the stable door after the horse has bolted => stable2. next `door (to sb/sth) in the next building, room, etc 鄰居; 隔壁; 鄰室
go next door to borrow some milk 到鄰居家借點牛奶
They live next door to the library. 他們住在圖書館隔壁. next door to nearly; almost 幾乎; 近乎; 差不多
I'm afraid it's next door to impossible that we'll be there on time. 看來我們幾乎不可能按時到達那里了. (be) on the `door (infml 口) (at a public meeting, concert, etc) (stand) at the door, eg to collect tickets, give directions, etc (為公眾集會、 音樂會等)把門(如收票、 指引方向等). out of `doors in the open air 在戶外; 在露天
eat, sleep, walk, etc out of doors 在戶外吃、 睡、 散步等. show sb the door; show sb to the door => show2. shut/slam the door in sb's face refuse to talk to or have any dealing with sb 拒絕與某人談話; 拒絕與某人打交道. shut the door on sth => shut. two, three, etc doors a`long `down in the next house but one, two, etc 在第二、 第三...家
Our other branch is just a few doors down the road. 沿這條路再走幾家就是我們的另一個分店.
?? 考研助記
盜(諧音): 門破了,東西被盜了
?? 擴展釋義
*[d?:]n. 門相關詞組: slam the door slam the door in sb's face sweep before one's own door by the back door at death's door be on the door from door to door next door lay sth at sb's door lie at sb's door next door to... show sb the door