doorstep

英 ['dɔːstep] 美 ['dɔːrstep]

• n. 门阶

英英释义

Noun:

1. the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The sound stopped by the doorstep.
   声音到门阶边停住了。
2. I stand on the doorstep shivering with cold.
   我站在门前台阶上，冻得浑身发抖。
3. There's a swimming pool right on his doorstep.
   他家门口就有个游泳池。
4. News reporters camped upon his doorstep day and night.
   一些新闻记者日夜在他门口纠缠不走。
5. Discover your learning style, and success is on your doorstep.
   发现适合你的学习方法，成功将近在眼前。

经典引文

• He had foolishly signed a three-year magazine subscription contract with a doorstep salesman.

  出自：Modern Law Review

• Doorstep jobs like delivering milk and selling insurance.

  出自：Times Literary Supplement

• Doorstep deliveries are losing ground to shop sales.

  出自：Times

词汇搭配

• at one's doorstep 在某人近旁
• on one's doorstep 在某人近旁
• camp on someone's doorstep 经常在某人门口纠缠...
• camp upon someone's doorstep 经常在某人门口纠缠...

近反义词

【近义词】

• threshold 门槛
• access 入口
• doorway 门口
• entrance 入口
• step 步骤
• doorsill 门槛