新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

door

英 [dɔː]

[NOUN]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

doors
1. [C 可数名词] 门
A door is a piece of wood, glass, or metal, which is moved to open and close the entrance to a building, room, cupboard, or vehicle.
双语例句
例：
I was knocking at the front door but there was no answer.
我敲了敲前门，但无人应答。
2. [C 可数名词] 门口
A door is the space in a wall when a door is open.
近义词
doorway
双语例句
例：
She looked through the door of the kitchen. Her daughter was at the stove.
她从厨房门口看到女儿正在炉子旁边。
3. [PL 复数] 建筑物（表示两个地点之间的距离）
Doors is used in expressions such as a few doors down or three doors up to refer to a place that is a particular number of buildings away from where you are.
双语例句
例：
Mrs Cade's house was only a few doors down from her daughter's flat.
从凯德夫人的房子到她女儿的公寓只隔了几座房屋。

PHRASE. 习语

answer the door
1. 应门
When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell.
双语例句
例：
Carol answered the door as soon as I knocked.
我刚敲过门，卡罗尔就把门打开了。
by the back door , through the back door
1. 走后门地
If you say that someone gets or does something by the back door or through the back door, you are criticizing them for doing it secretly and unofficially.
双语例句
例：
The government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force.
政府不允许任何人用不正当的手段混进来，然后通过武力夺权。
behind closed doors
1. 秘密地
If people have talks and discussions behind closed doors, they have them in private because they want them to be kept secret.
双语例句
例：
decisions taken in secret behind closed doors.
秘密作出的决定。
door to door
1. 挨家挨户地
If someone goes from door to door or goes door to door, they go along a street calling at each house in turn, for example, selling something.
双语例句
例：
They are going from door to door collecting money from civilians.
他们挨家挨户地从老百姓那里收钱。
2. 全程的
If you talk about a distance or trip from door to door or door to door, you are talking about the distance from the place where the trip starts to the place where it finishes.
双语例句
例：
tickets covering the whole trip from door to door.
全程票。
foot in the door
1. 获得（涉足某一难以成功的领域）机会
If you say that something helps someone to get their foot in the door, you mean that it gives them an opportunity to start doing something new, usually in an area that is difficult to succeed in.
双语例句
例：
If we can get our foot in the door, that can help us build our market.
如果能获得这个机会，对我们开拓市场就会有所帮助。
shut the door in someone's face , slam the door in someone's face
1. 拒之门外
If someone shuts the door in your face or slams the door in your face, they refuse to talk to you or give you any information.
双语例句
例：
Did you say anything to him or just shut the door in his face?
你对他说了什么还是直接将他拒于门外？
lay something at someone's door
1. 把…归咎于
If you lay something at someone's door, you blame them for an unpleasant event or situation.
双语例句
例：
Much of the blame for the long delay could be laid at the door of the manufacturer.
拖延了这么久，大部分的责任在于生产商。
out of doors
1. 在户外
When you are out of doors, you are not inside a building, but in the open air.
近义词
outdoors
双语例句
例：
The weather was fine enough for working out of doors.
天气这么好，很适合户外工作。
see someone to the door
1. 送至门口
If you see someone to the door, you go to the door with a visitor when they leave.
双语例句
例：
Politely he saw her to the door and opened it for her.
他礼貌地将她送至门口，并为她打开了门。
show someone the door
1. 逐出
If someone shows you the door, they ask you to leave because they are angry with you.
双语例句
例：
Would they forgive and forget – or show him the door?
他们会既往不咎，还是会将他赶出门去？