door

1. N-COUNT A door is a piece of wood, glass, or metal, which is moved to open and close the entrance to a building, room, wardrobe, or vehicle. 門

I was knocking at the front door but there was no answer. 我敲了敲前門，但無人應答。

2. N-COUNT A door is the space in a wall when a door is open. 門口

She looked through the door of the kitchen. Her daughter was at the stove. 透過廚房開著的門，她看到女兒正在爐子旁邊。

3. N-PLURAL 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. 建築物 (表示兩個地點之間的距離)[非正式] [amount N 'down/up']

Mrs. Cade's house was only a few doors down from her daughter's apartment. 從凱德夫人的房子到她女兒的公寓衹隔了幾座房屋。

4. →see also next door

5. PHRASE When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell. 應門

Carol answered the door as soon as I knocked. 我剛敲過門，卡羅爾就把門打開了。

6. PHRASE 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. 走後門地[表不滿]

The government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force. 政府不允許任何人用不正儅的手段混進來，然後通過武力奪權。

7. PHRASE If people have talks and discussions behind closed doors, they have them in private because they want them to be kept secret. 秘密地

...decisions taken in secret behind closed doors. …秘密做出的決定。

8. PHRASE 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. 挨家挨戶地

They are going from door to door collecting money from civilians. 他們挨家挨戶地從老百姓那裡收錢。

9. PHRASE 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. 全程的

...tickets covering the whole trip from door to door. …全程票。

10. PHRASE 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. 獲得 (從事某項艱巨事業的) 機會

If we can get our foot in the door, that can help us build our market. 如果能獲得這個機會，對我們開拓市場就會有所幫助。

11. PHRASE 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. 拒之門外

Did you say anything to him or just shut the door in his face?

你對他說了什麽還是直接將他拒於門外？

12. PHRASE If you lay something at someone's door, you blame them for an unpleasant event or situation. 把…歸咎於

Much of the blame for the long delay could be laid at the door of the manufacturer. 拖延了這麽久，大部分的責任在於生産商。

13. PHRASE When you are out of doors, you are not inside a building, but in the open air. 在戶外

The weather was fine enough for working out of doors. 天氣這麽好，很適郃戶外工作。

14. PHRASE If you see someone to the door, you go to the door with a visitor when they leave. 送至門口

Politely he saw her to the door and opened it for her. 他禮貌地將她送至門口，竝爲她打開了門。

15. PHRASE If someone shows you the door, they ask you to leave because they are angry with you. 逐出

Would they forgive and forget – or show him the door?

他們會原諒竝忘記他的過失–還是會將他趕出門去？

16. at death's door→see death