| 释义 |
door /dɔː(r)/ n. | phr.
n.
1. 门；出入口
a cupboard (an oven) door 食橱(烤箱)门
Our kitchen has a brown door. 我家厨房有扇棕色的门。
a door to the backyard 通向后院的门
open (close) the door 开(关)门
He knocked loudly on the door. 他重重地敲门。
Can you leave the door open? 你让门开着好吗?
You can't get a piano in there; the door isn't wide enough. 你没法把钢琴搬进去的，门不够宽。
She stood in the door and greeted everyone. 她站在门口迎接大家。
2. = air curtain
3. 门状物
Some ground spiders make a door to their nests like a hinged lid. 有些地蜘蛛能给自己的窝做门，其形状如同一个装有铰链的盖。
4. (房子或房间的)门面
I just live a few doors away. 过去几间门面就是我住的地方。
Her house is two doors to the north of us. 她家在我们家北边，隔着两间门面。
His room is three doors down the hall. 沿走廊过去三间就是他的房间。
5. 通道；〈喻〉途径，门路
This pass was the door through which the invaders poured into the country. 这个关口就是入侵者源源涌进这个国家的通道。
open up the doors of life 开辟生活道路
The door to knowledge is study. 通向知识的道路是学习。
6. 家，家庭；个人经历
[<OE duru] phr. A creaking door hangs longest on the hinges. 〈谚〉危扉长不倒，久弱耐苟延。 answer the door 〈口〉(听到敲门声后)去开门，应门 Henry took ages to answer the door. 亨利耽搁了好久才去开门。As one door closes, another opens. 〈谚〉当一扇门关闭时，另一扇就打开了。 (喻机会失去还可再来，用于鼓励人不要气馁) at death's door 行将就木 at the door 入场时 Tickets will be available at the door. 入场时买票。be at sb.'s door = lie at sb.'s door
behind closed(或locked) doors秘密地，背地里的
a bitter debate behind closed doors 激烈的秘密辩论
a censorship system that operates behind locked doors 暗中实行的新闻检查制度
be on the door 〈口〉在门口工作(如收票)
blow the doors off 〈美口〉比…好多了
a dictionary that blows the doors off anything on the market 坊间最好的一部词典
close one's doors 1. 〈喻〉关门
The club has closed its doors to new members. 这家俱乐部已不再接受新会员了。
The nation closed its doors to immigrants. 那个国家已停止让移民进入。
2. 倒闭；停业
close the door to (或 on) 1. 把…关在门外
Lucy closed the kitchen door on Joe. 露茜把乔关在厨房外。
2. 使没有可能
Their attitude has closed the door to any new agreement. 他们的态度已使得新协议无法达成。
3. 拒绝接纳，排斥，拒…于门外
After he makes up his mind, he closes the door to any more arguments. 他一旦打定主意，对任何其他论点就充耳不闻了。
darken sb.'s door(s) 见 darken
(from) door to door 1. 从一处(尤指家)直接至另一处
Door to door, it's exactly 100 miles to my parents' house. 从我家到我父母家直接距离正好是100英里。
2. 挨家挨户地
He sells books (from) door to door.他挨户卖书。
have a (或 one, one's) foot in the door见 foot
in doors 在屋内
You'd better remain in doors. 你最好呆在室内。
lay at sb.'s door 把…归咎于某人
The failure of the plan was laid at his door. 计划的失败归咎于他。
leave the door open 不把门关死，保留可能性
He is willing to leave the door open to future talks. 他愿意给日后的会谈留有余地。
lie at sb.'s door (责任等)归于某人；(某事)是某人的责任
The blame for his death lies at my door, and I will never be able to forget it. 他的死应归咎于我，我将永远忘不了这件事。
lock the barn door after the horse is stolen 〈谚〉失马锁厩(或贼去关门)
open one's doors to 向…开门，接纳
The college opened its doors to black students a few years ago. 那所大学几年前开始招收黑人学生。
Who open their doors to overnight guests charging only ＄10 a day with two meals included? 谁接待过夜客人只收10美元一天，还包括两顿饭呢?
open the (或 a) door (或 doors) to (或 for) 〈口〉给…以机会；导致；为…提供共享信息的手段
It was my teacher who opened the door for me. 是我的老师给了我机会。
Rising dependence on imported oil would open the doors to higher fuel prices. 越是依赖进口石油，燃料价格就越涨。
out of doors 在户外，在露天；去户外
We couldn't wait to get out of doors again after the long winter. 经过漫长的冬天，我们迫不及待地要想重新到户外去活动。
packed to the doors 被挤得水泄不通
show sb. the door 〈口〉叫某人滚蛋，把某人撵走，向某人下逐客令
After a long argument he showed me the door．争论了好一阵后，他向我下了逐客令。
show sb. to the door 送某人至门口
shut the stable door when the steed is stolen = lock the barn door after the horse is stolen
slam (或 shut) the door in sb.'s face1. 将某人拒之门外，让某人吃闭门羹
He backed away and in that split second she slammed the door in his face. 他往后退去，就在这一刹那，她砰地把他关在门外了。
2. 拒绝见某人；拒绝同某人谈话
The workers asked for only a small increase in pay, but the boss just slammed the door in their face(s). 工人只要求增加少量工资，但老板就是拒绝同他们谈判。
3. 不让某人实现计划
slam (或 shut) the door to (或 on) = close the door to (或 on)
sweep before one's own door 〈谚〉律人先律己
within doors 〈口〉在屋里，在室内 |