a mat placed in a doorway, on which people can wipe their shoes on entering a building 门前擦鞋垫 ■(figurative)a submissive person who allows others to dominate them (喻)逆来顺受的人;受别人主宰的人 to put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or a doormat. 忍受这种待遇,你不是个圣人就是个受气包。