doorstep
US
UK doorstep n: (step at entrance)
SC 门阶 mén jiē
SC 门口的台阶 mén jiē，mén kǒu de tái jiē
Roxanne tripped over the doorstep as she entered the building.
doorstep n: UK, figurative, informal (thick slice of bread) (俚语)
SC 厚的面包片 hòu de miàn bāo piàn
The boy munched on a doorstep smeared thick with butter.
doorstep [sb] vtr: UK (canvass door-to-door)
SC 游说 yóu shuì
SC 找...拉票
SC 上...的门拜访拉票
Party members were doorstepping voters in the weeks leading up to the election.
doorstep [sb] vtr: (wait outside [sb]'s house)
SC 在门口守望
SC 在门前等待
The tabloid photographer got a lot of his shots by doorstepping celebrities.