door

door
noun
  1. a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle, or in the framework of a cupboard
    门
    ■a doorway
    门口；门道
    she walked through the door.
    她从门口进去。
    ■used to refer to the distance from one building in a row to another
    用来指同一排的楼间距
    they lived within three doors of each other.
    他们住的距离不超过三幢楼。
常用词组
as one door closes, another opens
  1. (proverb)you shouldn't be discouraged by failure, as other opportunities will soon present themselves
    (谚)一扇门关闭的同时，另一扇门又打开了；不应该为失败所挫，因为还会有别的机会出现
at the door
  1. on admission to an event rather than in advance
    当事情临近（而非提前）
    tickets will be available at the door.
    到要走时还可以买得到票。
close (或 shut) the door on (或 to)
  1. exclude the opportunity for
    拒之门外；排除…的机会
    she had closed the door on ever finding out what he was feeling.
    她不愿了解他的感受。
(from) door to door
  1. from start to finish of a journey
    旅行从开始到结束
    the trip from door to door could take more than four hours.
    全部旅程要四个多小时。
  2. visiting all the houses in an area to sell or publicize something
    挨家挨户推销（或宣传）
    he went from door to door selling insurance policies.
    他挨家挨户地推销保单。
    [as modifier]a door-to-door salesman.
    一位逐门逐户推销的推销员。
lay something at someone's door
  1. regard someone as responsible for something
    将…归责于
    the failure is laid at the door of the government.
    失败归咎于政府。
leave the door open
  1. ensure that there is still an opportunity for something
    将门敞开；确保还有机会
    he is leaving the door open for future change.
    他给未来的变化留下了机会。
on the door
  1. monitoring admission to a building or event
    看门
    the uniformed commissionaires on the door.
    穿制服的门卫在看门。
open the door to
  1. create an opportunity for
    为…打开大门；为…创造机会
    her research has opened the door to a deeper understanding of the subject.
    她的研究为更深入了解这个问题创造了机会。
out of doors
  1. in or into the open air
    在（或去）户外
    food tastes even better out of doors.
    在户外食物味道更好。
派生
doored
adjective
  1. [in combination]a glass-doored desk.
    安玻璃门的书桌。
语源
  1. Old English duru, dor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch deur 'door' and German Tür 'door', Tor 'gate'; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin foris 'gate' and Greek thura 'door'
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