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. 门

I was knocking at the front door but there was no answer. 我敲了敲前门，但无人应答。

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

She looked through the door of the kitchen. Her daughter was at the stove. 透过厨房开着的门，她看到女儿正在炉子旁边。

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. 建筑物 (表示两个地点之间的距离)[非正式] [amount N 'down/up']

Mrs. Cade's house was only a few doors down from her daughter's apartment. 从凯德夫人的房子到她女儿的公寓只隔了几座房屋。

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. 应门

Carol answered the door as soon as I knocked. 我刚敲过门，卡罗尔就把门打开了。

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. 走后门地[表不满]

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。

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. …秘密做出的决定。

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. 挨家挨户地

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。

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. 获得 (从事某项艰巨事业的) 机会

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。

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. 拒之门外

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？

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

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。

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

The weather was fine enough for working out of doors. 天气这么好，很适合户外工作。

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

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。

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?

他们会原谅并忘记他的过失–还是会将他赶出门去？

16. at death's door→see death