door
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
I knocked on the vice president's door.
- 2.
(in plural, metonymically)(metonymic, chiefly in the plural) A building with a door, especially a house.
His house is three doors down.
He went five doors up the road to the bank.
- 3.
Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
the 24 doors in an Advent calendar
- 4.
(immigration) An entry point.
- 5.
(figuratively)(figurative) A means of approach or access.
Learning is the door to wisdom.
- 6.
(figuratively)(figurative) A possibility.
to leave the door open
all doors are open to somebody
- 7.
(figuratively)(figurative) A barrier.
Keep a door on your anger.
- 8.
(dated)(computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
- 9.
The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.
The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)(transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (door), dor (gate), from *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (doorway, door, gate).