door
UK [dɔ:r] US [dɔ:r] noun countable
ESSENTIAL
■a flat object, often fixed at one edge, that is used to close the entrance of something such as a room or building, or the entrance itself 门•the front door前门 •the back door后门 •a car door车门 •a sliding door拉门 •The door to his bedroom was locked.他卧室的门上了锁。 •We could hear someone knocking at/on the door.我们能听到有人在敲门。 •Could you open/close/shut the door, please?请把门打开／关上好吗？ •She asked me to answer the door (= go and open the door because someone had just knocked on it or rung the bell).她让我去开门。 be on the door
■to work at the entrance of a building, collecting tickets or preventing particular people from entering 守门，看门
■used to refer to a house or other building 房子，建筑物•Sam only lives a few doors (away/up/down) from us.山姆就住在与我们相隔几户（远／以北／以南）的房子里。 •The people next door (to us) (= living in the house next to us) aren't very friendly.住在（我们）隔壁房子里的人不太友好。 out of doors
■outside in the open air 户外，室外
UK [dɔ:r] US [dɔ:r] noun countable
close/shut the door on sth
■to make it impossible for something to happen, especially a plan or a solution to a problem 使（尤指计划或解决方案）成为不可能•There are fears that this latest move might have closed the door on a peaceful solution.人们担心这一最新动向或许已关闭了和平解决问题的大门。
UK [dɔ:r] US [dɔ:r] noun countable
open the door to sth
■to make something possible 使…可能／不可能•These discussions may well open the door to a peaceful solution.此番讨论或许可以完全打开和平解决问题的大门。
UK [dɔ:r] US [dɔ:r] noun countable
shut / close the stable / barn door after the horse has bolted
■to be so late in taking action to prevent something bad happening that the bad event has already happened 亡羊补牢，为时已晚 |