gate
n
1
(a) movable barrier, usu on hinges, which closes an opening in a wall, fence or hedge 大門; 城門; 籬笆門
a wooden, iron gate 木門、 鐵門
the garden gate 花園的門
the gates of the city 城門. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page vi.
(b) opening closed by this; gateway 有大門的出入口; 大門口
The carriage passed through the palace gates. 馬車穿過了宮殿的大門口.
(c) similar movable barrier which controls a stream of water 閘門; 閥門
a lock/sluice gate 閘門[水閘].
2 means of entrance or exit (for passengers at an airport or spectators at a sports ground) (飛機(jī)場或體育場的)進(jìn)出口, 站口, 看臺口
The flight is now boarding at gate 16. 本班機(jī)現(xiàn)在在第16號入口檢票登機(jī).
3 number of spectators at a sports event, esp a football match (體育比賽的)觀眾人數(shù)(尤指足球賽的)
a gate of ten thousand 萬人觀眾
a good/poor/large/small gate 很多的[很少的/大量的/少量的]觀眾.
4 (also `gate money) amount of money taken from tickets sold at a sports event, esp a football match 門票收入(尤指足球賽的)
Today's gate will be given to charity. 今日的門票收入將捐獻(xiàn)給慈善事業(yè). gate, v [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for sth) (Brit) confine (a student) to college or school as a punishment 懲罰性禁止(學(xué)生)離校.
?? 考研助記
狗(g)在 大門啃(ate)骨頭
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[geit]n. 門, 牌樓, 大門, 通道, 閘vt. 裝門于【計(jì)】 門; 柵相關(guān)詞組: crash the gate get the gate give sb the gate