a :a movable piece of wood, glass, or metal that swings or slides open and shut so that people can enter or leave a room, building, vehicle, etc.(出入口处的)门
open/shut/slam/lock/bolt the door开/关/砰地关上/锁/门上门
I heard a knock on/at the door.我听见敲门声。
the bedroom/bathroom/cellar door卧室/卫生间/地下室的门
The car has four doors. = It's a four-door car.这是辆四门轿车。
Leave the package at the front/back/side door. [=the door at the front/back/side of the house, building, etc.]把包裹放在前/后/侧门处。
Can you answer the door? [=open the door to see who is knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell]你能去开门吗?
Is somebody at the door? [=knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell]有人叫门吗?
Let me open the door for you. = (US) Let me get the door for you.让我为您开门。
(US) Can you get the door? [=can you open or close the door for me?] My hands are full.你能帮我开个门吗?我空不出手。
an exterior/outside door [=a door that can be used to enter or leave a building]外门
an interior door [=a door inside a building; a door that connects rooms]屋内门
a garage door [=a large door that covers the opening through which a car enters and leaves a garage]车库门
— used especially with open or unlock to describe an opportunity or possibility(尤与open或unlock连用)机会,可能性
The grant will open new doors for our town. [=will give our town new opportunities]这笔拨款将给我们小镇带来新契机。
The discovery may unlock the door to a cure for the disease.这一发现可能开启治愈这种疾病的大门。
The door is open (to you) if you want a better job.如果你想找份更好的工作,机会是有的。
A good education can open/unlock the door of success. [=can make success possible]良好的教育能打开成功之门。
The patent on the product has expired, which leaves the door open for [=makes it possible for] other companies to make it.这个产品的专利权已经到期,这给其他公司提供了生产该产品的机会。
I heard a knock on the door. Please don't block the door. I peeked through the open door. He stood at the door.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English dure, dor, from Old English duru door & dor gate; akin to Old High German turi door, Latin fores, Greek thyra
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of door was before the 12th century
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DOOR | DOOR + VERB | DOOR + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤open敞開的門▸➤closed, shut關閉的門▸➤locked, unlocked上鎖的門;未鎖的門➤➤half-open半開着的門◇The door was half-open when we got there.我們到那兒時,門半開着。➤back, front, rear, side後門;前門;側門◇the back door of a house房子的後門◇the rear door of a car汽車後門➤entrance, main入口門;主門▸➤inner, internal裏面的門◇The inner door leads to the safe and is always locked after 5 p.m.裏間那扇門通向保險箱,下午 5 點後總是鎖着的。➤external, outer外面的門◇All external doors should be bolted top and bottom.所有外面的門都應該把上下的插銷全部插上。➤big, great, heavy, huge, massive, solid, thick大門;厚重的門;結實的門◇She had trouble pushing the heavy door open.她推開那扇厚重的門有困難。➤narrow, wide窄門;寬門➤iron, oak, steel, wooden, etc.鐵門、橡木門、鋼門、木門等▸➤➤glazed鑲有玻璃的門▸➤double, French, patio雙層門;落地雙扇玻璃門;露台門◇Go along the corridor and through the double doors.沿着走廊一直走,穿過雙層門。➤screen (especially NAmE) 紗門▸➤automatic, folding, revolving, sliding, swing, swinging (NAmE) 自動門;摺叠門;旋轉門;推拉門;雙開式彈簧門◇He got stuck in a revolving door.他給旋轉門困住了。◇She pushed her way through the swing / swinging doors.她推開彈簧門走過去。➤apartment, bathroom, flat, kitchen, etc.公寓門、浴室門、廚房門等▸➤closet, cupboard, fridge, refrigerator壁櫥門;碗櫃門;冰箱門➤elevator, lift (BrE) 電梯門➤cubicle, shower, stall (NAmE) 隔間門;淋浴室門➤barn, Dutch, stable穀倉門;兩截門;馬廐門➤garage車庫門➤car車門➤driver's, passenger駕駛員門;乘客門➤stage(供演職人員進出的)劇院後門➤fire (= a heavy door used to prevent a fire from spreading in a building)防火門▸➤trap (usually trapdoor)地板門;活動天窗▸➤magic, mysterious, secret有魔力的門;神秘的門;秘密的門VERB + DOOR➤fling open, open, pull open, push open, throw open猛推開門;打開門;拉開門;推開門◇He flung the door open and caught them stuffing a document back into a briefcase.他猛地推開門,發現他們正把一份文件塞回公文包裏。➤try試着開門◇I tried the door but it was locked.我試着打開這扇門,然而已被上了鎖。➤bang, close, shut, slam砰的一聲關上門;關門;使勁關門➤pull closed, pull shut, pull to, push to, slam shut把門拉上;把門推上;猛地關門◇He pulled the door shut.他拉上了門。➤bar, bolt, lock閂上門;鎖上門◇He arrived home to find the door barred.他到了家,卻發現門閂上了。◇Remember to bolt the door before you go to bed.記着上牀前把門閂上。➤unbolt, unlatch, unlock移開門閂;開門鎖➤keep closed, keep shut, leave closed, leave shut讓門關着➤leave on the latch (BrE) 虛掩上門◇I left the door on the latch so that I could sneak back in later.我虛掩上門,以便過會兒再溜進去。➤keep open, leave ajar, leave open, prop open讓門開着;讓門微開着;頂住門使之開着◇Someone had propped the fire door open with a pile of books.有人用一摞書頂住了防火門,不讓它關上。➤come in, go in進門◇He came in the side door.他進了側門。➤come out, go out, slip out of出門;溜出門➤approach, head for朝門走去▸➤bang on, knock at, knock on砰砰敲門;敲門◇I banged on the door for several minutes but still couldn't wake them.我使勁敲了好幾分鐘時間門,但是仍沒能叫醒他們。➤answer應聲開門◇Go and answer the door.去開門。➤work (NAmE) 迎門◇He was working the door at the event.他在此次活動中負責迎門事宜。➤see sb to把某人送到門口▸➤break down, kick down, kick in打破門;踹開門;破門而入◇They had to break the door down to get into the house.為了進入這幢房子,他們不得不把門撞破。➤block堵住門DOOR + VERB➤creak門嘎吱作響▸➤burst open, creak open, fly open, open, slide open, swing open門猛地被推開;門吱吱嘎嘎響着(打開);門突然打開;門打開;門滑開;門轉動着打開◇The door burst open and a little boy ran in.門被猛地推開,跑進來一個小男孩。➤swing shut, swing to (BrE) 門轉動着關閉;門開向⋯▸➤hang open門開着▸➤be ajar, stand ajar門微開着◇The door stood ajar so I could see a narrow section of the room.門開了一條縫,因此我能看到房間內窄窄的一塊地方。➤be open, stand open門敞開着▸➤be jammed, be stuck門卡住◇The door was jammed shut.門被卡住了。➤bang, rattle, shake門砰地(打開/關上);門咯咯作響;門搖晃◇I was woken by a door banging in the wind.風吹得門砰砰作響,把我驚醒了。◇The door banged shut.門砰的一聲關上了。➤click shut, close, shut, slam, slam shut門咔嗒一聲關上;門關上;門砰地關上➤connect sth門連接⋯◇The door connecting the two offices is kept locked.連接兩個辦公室的門始終鎖着。➤face sth門朝向⋯▸➤lead to sth, open onto sth門通向⋯;門向⋯開◇This door leads to my bedroom.這個門通往我的卧室。◇The door opens onto a sunny terrace.門開向陽光充足的陽台。➤be set in the wall門安在牆上◇I stopped at a low oak door set in the stone wall.我在一扇安裝在石牆上的橡木矮門邊停了下來。➤bear sth, be marked sth門上貼着⋯/標有⋯◇The door bore a notice saying 'Private'.門上掛着一個牌子,上面寫着“私人房屋”。◇I went through the door marked 'Waiting Room'.我穿過標有“等候室”字樣的門。DOOR + NOUN➤handle, knob (usually doorknob)門把手;球形門拉手▸➤frame, jamb門框;門側柱◇He leaned against the door jamb.他靠在門的側柱上。➤furniture, technical術語) , knocker門配件;門環➤bell (usually doorbell)門鈴➤chain, latch, lock門鏈條;門閂;門鎖◇Always put the door chain on.隨時把門鏈扣上。➤key門鑰匙▸➤mat (usually doormat)門前擦鞋墊▸➤stop (usually doorstop)門擋◇This book would make a good doorstop.這本書當門擋用很不錯。➤opener(車庫等的)開門器◇automatic garage door openers自動車庫開門器➤hinge門鉸鏈◇a creaking door hinge一個嘎吱作響的門鉸鏈➤mirror, panel (on a car)車外後視鏡;嵌入式車門面板◇Parking is helped by wide door mirrors.寬大的後視鏡有助於泊車。➤man(usually doorman) , staff看門人➤prize (= a prize for having the winning ticket handed out at the entrance to a social event) (NAmE) 門票對號獎;入場獎PREPOSITION➤around the door, round the door (especially BrE) 在門周圍;圍着門◇She stuck her head around the door to say goodbye.她把頭伸出門外道別。➤at the door在門口◇There's someone at the door.門口有人。➤in the door在門裏邊◇He stood in the door for several minutes before deciding whether he'd stay.他站在門裏邊好幾分鐘才決定是否留下來。➤through the door通過門◇He looked through the door to make sure the children were all right.他從門口往裏面看,確保孩子們都平安無事。◇She poked her head through the door to say goodbye.她把頭探出門外道別。➤door into, door to門通向◇the door into the backyard通向後花園的門➤door between⋯與⋯之間的門◇the door between the laundry room and the garage洗衣房與車庫之間的門PHRASES➤close, shut etc. the door behind you隨手關門◇He banged the front door behind him as he left.他走的時候砰的一聲關上了前門。➤hold the door for sb, open the door for sb為某人扶住門/開門➤blow a door off its hinges, pull a door off its hinges, take a door off its hinges把門撞下門鉸鏈;把門從鉸鏈上卸下➤shut, slam, etc. the door in sb's face關門/摔門拒絕讓某人進屋