英语词汇“door”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

door

(dɔːʳ )

Word forms: doors

1. countable noun A1

A door is a piece of wood, glass, or metal, which is moved to open and close the entrance to a building, room, cupboard, or vehicle.

I knocked at the front door, but there was no answer.

The police officer opened the door and looked in.

I heard a door slamming.

Synonyms: opening, entry, entrance, exit

2. countable noun A1

A door is the space in a wall when a door is open.

She looked through the door of the kitchen. Her daughter was at the stove.

3. countable noun A1

The door is the entrance to a large building such as a shop, hotel, or theatre.

The queues at the door wound around the building.

4. plural noun

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. [informal]

Mrs Cade's house was only a few doors down from her daughter's apartment.

5. See also next door

6. answer the door phrase A2

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

Carol answered the door as soon as I knocked.

7. by/through the back door 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. [disapproval]

The government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force.

They claim the Government is privatising dentistry through the back door.

8. to close the door on something phrase

If someone closes the door on something, they stop thinking about it or dealing with it.

We never close the door on a successful series.

9. behind closed doors phrase B2

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

...decisions taken in secret behind closed doors.

10. from door to door/door to door phrase B1

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.

They are going from door to door collecting money from civilians.

...a door-to-door salesman.

Police immediately started door-to-door inquiries.

11. from door to door/door to door phrase

If you talk about a distance or journey from door to door or door to door, you are talking about the distance from the place where the journey starts to the place where it finishes.

...tickets covering the whole journey from door to door.

Flying out on Friday from Gatwick it took seven hours door-to-door.

12. foot in the door phrase

If you say that something helps someone to get their foot in the door or their toe 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.

The bondholding may help the firm get its foot in the door to win the business.

There are a lot of talented kids out there who just need a foot in the door.

13. to shut the door in someone's face 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.

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

14. to lay something at someone's door phrase

If you lay something at someone's door, you blame them for an unpleasant event or situation.

I'm not sure his death can be laid at medicine's door alone.

The blame is generally laid at the door of the government.

15. open the door to something phrase

If someone or something opens the door to a good new idea or situation, they introduce it or make it possible.

This book opens the door to some of the most exciting findings in solid-state physics.

Researchers are opening doors to reveal why things happen and how things work.

16. out of doors phrase B1

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

The weather was fine enough for working out of doors.

Synonyms: in the open air, outside, outdoors, out

17. see someone to the door phrase

If you see someone to the door, you go to the door with a visitor when they leave.

18. to show someone the door phrase

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

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

19. at death's door phrase

If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die. [informal]

He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door.

My dad was the same. He could be at death's door but wouldn't say a word.

Synonyms: dying, going, sinking, passing

Vocabulary Builder

CAR: EXTERIOR boot roof wheel window door windscreen wiper bonnet wing bumper windscreen tyre wing mirror number plate headlight indicator

Idioms:

get a foot in the door

to make a small but successful start at something, for example doing business in a new area, and to be likely to do well in the future

The only reason I took the job was because I thought it might help me get a foot in the door.

the revolving door

a situation in which the people working in a particular organization do not stay there for very long, and so it is difficult for anything effective to be achieved

The revolving door on the boardroom has continued to turn, with Victoria Jones becoming the sixth chief executive to leave in the past ten years.

a situation in politics in which someone moves from an important position in government to a position in a private company, especially where this may give them an unfair advantage.

Bill Clinton ran a campaign that included a strong pledge to stop the revolving door between public service and the private sector.

a situation where solutions to problems last for only a short time, and then the same problems occur again

These young people are caught in the revolving door of the justice system, ending up back on the streets after serving time in prison.

push at an open door [British]

to find it very easy to achieve your aims

Persuading companies to invest in green technology today is like pushing at an open door.

one door closes and another one opens

said to mean that if one thing you do fails, you will soon have an opportunity to try to succeed at something else. This expression is often used to encourage someone to keep trying after they have had a disappointment or failure.

Robert was philosophical after losing his job. `Obviously, I am disappointed,' he explained. `But one door closes and another one opens.'

lay something at someone's door

to blame someone for something unpleasant that has happened

We have no doubt about who is responsible for the riot. The blame must be laid at the door of the government.

knock on the door of something

to try to join a club or a group, or to try to become part of it

These two players will, I'm sure, soon be knocking on the door of the national team.

do something by the back door [mainly British]

to do something secretly and unofficially

He said the government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force.

closing the stable door after the horse has bolted [British] or closing the barn door after the horse has gone

acting too late, because the problem that the action would have prevented has already occurred

It is good to see the government taking positive action, even though it might look like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.

be knocking at someone's door

to be likely to happen soon, or to be starting to happen

Mike was in terrible trouble but it wasn't long before help was knocking at his door.

at death's door

seriously ill and likely to die very soon

He has won five golf competitions in three months, a year after being at death's door.

beat a path to someone's door

to be eager to talk to someone or to do business with them

Fashion editors now beat a path to Mugler's door and thousands of followers flock to get into one of his events.

keep the wolf from the door

to provide you with enough money to live on

Your pension will keep the wolf from the door, but for a comfortable old age you need to make maximum use of the financial choices now open to you.

Collocations:

door frame

Fit strips of draught excluder around the inside of the door frame — and around the letter box, too.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

This is simply a push-up leaning against a door frame.

The Sun (2011)

Urgently, I scanned the UPVC door frame, estimating the weak point.

Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)

door jamb

As the aperture of light was diminishing he put his hand round the door jamb.

Meek, M R D A WORM OF DOUBT (2001)

She pushed herself off the door jamb and ran her hands down her skirt to straighten it.

Tracy Chevalier Burning Bright (2007)

Midway through he puts his head round the door jamb and calls to me.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

door key

The police gave us a crime number but it emerged the burglars gained access by using a front door key.

The Sun (2016)

Incredibly, five per cent of us still leave the front door key under the door mat.

The Sun (2008)

door opens

The green baize door opening out of the kitchen has matching pointed arches formed by a pattern of studs.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

He saw the handle of Melissa's door rotate, the door opening the barest fraction.

Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)

doors and windows

Wall panels complete with doors and windows and fully plumbed bathroom pods can be made in a factory and delivered to site.

Times, Sunday Times

This leaves a business focused on the doors and windows market, admittedly still a tough one, with debt down to a very manageable 23 million.

Times, Sunday Times

The person who believes he or she will never be burglarized leaves doors and windows open and cash on top of the dresser.

Christianity Today

People whose doors and windows are locked get a leaflet congratulating them and giving more crime prevention advice.

The Sun

The products were hardware such as locks, handles and hinges, to be fitted to a wide range of doors and windows produced by other manufacturers.

Times, Sunday Times

double door

Muntins are often confused with mullions (which separate complete window units), and astragals (which close the gap between two leaves of a double door).

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A new double door entrance directly from the ticket office to the platform was installed and the old adjoining covered entrance was bricked up.

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The north porch contains a panelled double door to the outer doorway with a leaded fanlight above.

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Straight end parapets, central front double door with fanlight, new 3x2 sashes with half shutters. 2 new single solid doors with fanlights.

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They are connected by a passage where access was closed by a double door.

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driver's door

Our exclusive picture shows how his driver's door took the full impact.

The Sun

I also learnt a valuable lesson when the buyer said he was almost put off by one of my photographs of the driver's door.

Times, Sunday Times

Every time it's cold or there's a frost, she can't get the driver's door to close properly.

Times, Sunday Times

I tried the driver's door but it was jammed shut.

The Sun

Opening the driver's door for a prospective buyer, she dislocated her thumb.

Times, Sunday Times

elevator door

The mouse then zips behind the elevator door.

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Travelling to meetings he found that the sound of elevator doors opening and closing made him weep.

Times, Sunday Times

And while the students hold elevator doors for older residents with walkers and canes, there are mutual gross-outs too.

Globe and Mail

When the elevator doors opened, there was a hallway containing six more gray doors.

The Times Literary Supplement

The elevator doors open to reveal a dusty hallway, the idol sitting on a table halfway down.

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enter a door

To enter the door and shut something behind us?

Christianity Today

Most levels require the player to enter a door to advance to the next level, but earlier levels have the player simply move to the opposite side of the screen.

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In the 1300s, people in poverty met caring friars when they entered the doors of pawnshops.

Christianity Today

One piece of porcelain, before it enters the door of the furnace, passes through the hands of more than twenty people without any confusion.

The Times Literary Supplement

entrance door

Yet here, he sits above the entrance door in the most loaded position in the entire chapel.

Times, Sunday Times

By choosing principles over personalities, we found that the exit door for the disgruntled few became an entrance door for many more.

Christianity Today

Finding cracks and hand holes we scrambled up the wall and found the entrance door - invisible from below.

Times, Sunday Times

He attempted to glue one of his hands to an entrance door so that he could speak to the delegates.

Times,Sunday Times

It has a crypt-like feel, and access can still be gained via a small entrance door at the foot of the memorial.

Times, Sunday Times

exit door

By ushering Britain through the exit door, he will win applause at home.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Right as we got to the top near the exit door, Maggie let loose a banshee yell and fell backwards down the stairs.

Shell, Ray ICED (2002)

Bitter because he was shown the exit door when he least expected it.

The Sun (2017)

But City are in no rush to push him out of the exit door due to the number of defensive injuries they have had this season.

The Sun (2014)

fling a door open

He listened, then flung the door open with a crash, pulling back out of the line of fire.

S.M. Stirling T2©: RISING STORM (1991)

The shuddering din, in the enclosed yard, alerted the three-man staff in the prison office, from which a door was flung open.

Patrick Robinson BARRACUDA 945 (2004)

garage door

The garage door was open on a carless garage, garden tools and shovels hanging on the wall, a lawnmower stowed in the corner.

Kallen, Lucille C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS (2002)

I'd hear a car in the driveway, the garage door rattling open.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

The most common problems are clogged garbage disposals, leaky faucets, and balky garage door openers.

Christianity Today (2000)

The door design is no longer made by the manufacturer concerned and I was offered recompense for one garage door only.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

A moment later, her garage door opened and I was inside, between her BMW and Theodore 's Porsche, and Cass was hugging me.

Susan Isaacs AFTER ALL THESE YEARS (1993)

guard a door

Two plain-clothes police officers guard his door at all times, and visitors are limited to reduce his exposure to disease.

Times, Sunday Times

While these responses are nice, they are often little more than code words to get past the minister as he guards the door.

Christianity Today

There was a time when dark, dingy offices with secretaries guarding the doors came with a job in the property business.

Times, Sunday Times

Some of my team secured our office, a few gallantly guarding the doors.

The Sun

Let them guard the door.

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heavy door

I wait, to hold open the heavy door.

Times,Sunday Times

With the window and heavy door closed, the room filled with smoke and carbon monoxide.

The Sun

Luck smiles as a heavy door creaks open.

The Sun

A heavy door fell off its sliding rail and a painting crashed to the floor, even though both had been carefully secured.

Times, Sunday Times

Then what sounds like a bolt being drawn back and a heavy door being opened.

Times, Sunday Times

kick a door

They surrounded his home and tried to kick the door down at 2am.

The Sun

After 10, you kick the door.

Times, Sunday Times

I could pick such a lock in seconds and kick the door down in not much longer.

Times, Sunday Times

Your [the neocons] idea that we kick the door in.

Times, Sunday Times

I tried to kick the door down to save our three cats and pet snake, but it was too late.

The Sun

kitchen door

The view from the kitchen door is reminiscent of a botanical garden.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

She stood in the alcove, watching him through the open kitchen door.

Skelton, Alison Scott AN OLDER WOMAN (2002)

She was getting a bottle out of a crate of bottom-of-the-range Bulgarian wine that was sitting by the kitchen door.

Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)

The most convenient place to have a herb garden is usually outside the kitchen door.

Stickland, Sue Planning the Organic Herb Garden (1986)

leave a door unlocked

Perhaps he should start fining them if they continued to leave the door unlocked.

MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR (1992)

They went for long walks, marvelled at the turquoise colour of the sea and enjoyed being able to leave their front door unlocked at night.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

You can leave your front door unlocked when you go out.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

It’s like investing in fingerprint identification for your front door and leaving your back door unlocked.

Computing (2010)

She will remind you if you have left the front door unlocked.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

locked door

Defeated by the locked door of Bluebeard 's Chamber, Annie prowled around upstairs again, forgetting her inhibitions in frustration.

Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004)

She knew when he was approaching as the outside locked door would open with a chilling click.

The Sun (2008)

Here was another locked door added to the hundred in the strange house.

Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden (1911)

Those upset cleaning ladies only saw it because they used a master key to open his locked door.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

Beyond, past a storeroom on the fourth floor, the steps led through a series of wickets to a locked door leading to the battlements of the roof.

Deborah Cadbury THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII (2002)

metal door

Zlotin used a key card to activate the metal door, which opened on to a dimly lit corridor.

MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER (1993)

I heard her footsteps fade, then the clang of the metal door shutting behind her.

Michael Crichton PREY (2002)

The paint on the metal door is worn away in places.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

A squat double-wide rowhouse of crumbling brick, it had a heavy metal door and no windows at all on the first floor.

Laura Lippman IN A STRANGE CITY (2001)

oak door

This lower-ground-floor room, tucked away behind a creaky oak door, was added in the 1950s.

Times, Sunday Times

Returning to the house, we enter through a heavily studded oak door.

Times, Sunday Times

Swing open the medieval oak door and you are in your own castle, complete with banqueting hall and a musicians' gallery.

Times, Sunday Times

There was a big oak door with a brass thing and brass plates with all sorts of acronyms after his name.

Times, Sunday Times

Each entrance consists or a large panelled oak door, adorned by a pair of fluted columns and with a coffered ceiling.

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office door

He finally reached Bear Dooley's half-closed office door, which was burdened with numerous layers of thick brown paint.

Anderson, Kevin J. THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO (1995)

But as he stood, irresolute, in the hall, the office door opened and the second detective came out.

Lyall, Francis A DEATH IN TIME (2004)

Being in a bad mood about something that happened at work is not something you leave behind once you shut your office door.

Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but were afraid to put into practice (2001)

The office door opened and two students came out, chatting, carrying a tagboard sign and some masking tape.

Spencer, LaVyrle FAMILY BLESSINGS (1994)

oven door

You opened the oven door before the buns had properly risen.

Times, Sunday Times

He would have to shut his ears in the oven door!

Times, Sunday Times

He also had burns on his right hand, possibly caused by it being pressed on an oven door.

The Sun

On both visits, the oven door glass was removed, cleaned and reinstated.

The Sun

Place the tray back in the oven and cook for 20 minutes without opening the oven door.

Times, Sunday Times

panelled door

At a large panelled door they stopped, knocked, someone inside called brusquely.

Harvey, John COUP D'ETAT

But the heavy dark oak panelled door and the coat of arms embossed on the stone porch offer a glimpse of its true pedigree.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Katrina looked at the frosted glass panelled door to his office.

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refrigerator door

The refrigerator door produced water and ice cubes.

Times, Sunday Times

It's like living in the shires; a person's greatest problem might be a creaking refrigerator door.

Times, Sunday Times

For example, they produced refrigerator door handles and cast aluminum parts for the automobile industry.

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No clutter anywhere, except for on the refrigerator doors.

Times, Sunday Times

shower door

The resulting wood looked rather like the frosted glass of a shower door.

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In a room too small for a separate shower, try fitting a good-quality shower door to the bath.

The Sun

Handprints appear on a shower door.

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A small, assorted package of masonry bits comes in handy when drilling through ceramic tile to install a new shower door.

Globe and Mail

I found my glass shower door in fragments all over the floor.

Times, Sunday Times

steel door

The steel door gave way and the APC stopped in the mouth of the building.

James W. Huston THE SHADOWS OF POWER (2002)

Grumbling, Wen waited while Lianne went to work on the combination that allowed the big, fireproof steel door to swing open.

Elizabeth Lowell JADE ISLAND (2003)

Beth Louwsma pushed the steel door open after the magneto released the lock.

James W. Huston BALANCE OF POWER (1998)

unlock a door

You can unlock your door and monitor your house from afar with a smart lock.

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Take the key and unlock the door for us.

Times, Sunday Times

Then stopped again, head still bowed and feet together, while he waited for her to unlock the door.

Times, Sunday Times

Just three words you see or speak today unlock a door.

The Sun

Either you can choose to stay imprisoned or you can choose to be free, but you need help to unlock the door.

Times, Sunday Times

vault door

The old bank vault door and the huge columns in the lobby were retained.

Houston Chronicle

Both the vault door and emergency door were 21-inches thick and made of the latest torch- and drill-resistant material.

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The vault door was twenty-three inches thick and weighed thirty-six tons.

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The vault door, made of oak, still exists and serves as the entry to a meat locker.

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Beyond the main vault door, smaller compartments provide further protection.

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wide door

There was a wide door on either side for cabin access and a separate baggage space behind the seats.

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Courts had been reluctant to accept a tort for emotional harm for fear of opening a wide door to frivolous claims.

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A wide door leads to the front porch where the family stays for coffee to relax and have a view of the town.

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Inside, from an impressive, low-ceilinged hall, wide doors lead into a sizeable galleried kitchen and dining room, with shallow steps leading down into the drawing room and study.

Times, Sunday Times

Each coach will have three wide doors, with automatic door closing and opening.

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wooden door

Now all there is to see is an elegant wooden door in a brick wall overhung with flowers.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

The giant wooden door of the imposing church in the square is still slightly ajar.

The Sun (2008)

A grubby white wooden door led into the lounge, where a blue sofa had been pushed against the far wall.

The Sun (2008)

He opened a stout wooden door.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

We visited one family at their farm and sat on wooden benches in a kitchen connected to the cattle shed by a slatted wooden door.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Translations:

Chinese: 门

Japanese: ドア

单词	door
释义	door (dɔːʳ ) Word forms: doors 1. countable noun A1 A door is a piece of wood, glass, or metal, which is moved to open and close the entrance to a building, room, cupboard, or vehicle. I knocked at the front door, but there was no answer. The police officer opened the door and looked in. I heard a door slamming. Synonyms: opening, entry, entrance, exit 2. countable noun A1 A door is the space in a wall when a door is open. She looked through the door of the kitchen. Her daughter was at the stove. 3. countable noun A1 The door is the entrance to a large building such as a shop, hotel, or theatre. The queues at the door wound around the building. 4. plural noun 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. [informal] Mrs Cade's house was only a few doors down from her daughter's apartment. 5. See also next door 6. answer the door phrase A2 When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell. Carol answered the door as soon as I knocked. 7. by/through the back door 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. [disapproval] The government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force. They claim the Government is privatising dentistry through the back door. 8. to close the door on something phrase If someone closes the door on something, they stop thinking about it or dealing with it. We never close the door on a successful series. 9. behind closed doors phrase B2 If people have talks and discussions behind closed doors, they have them in private because they want them to be kept secret. ...decisions taken in secret behind closed doors. 10. from door to door/door to door phrase B1 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. They are going from door to door collecting money from civilians. ...a door-to-door salesman. Police immediately started door-to-door inquiries. 11. from door to door/door to door phrase If you talk about a distance or journey from door to door or door to door, you are talking about the distance from the place where the journey starts to the place where it finishes. ...tickets covering the whole journey from door to door. Flying out on Friday from Gatwick it took seven hours door-to-door. 12. foot in the door phrase If you say that something helps someone to get their foot in the door or their toe 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. The bondholding may help the firm get its foot in the door to win the business. There are a lot of talented kids out there who just need a foot in the door. 13. to shut the door in someone's face 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. Did you say anything to him or just shut the door in his face? 14. to lay something at someone's door phrase If you lay something at someone's door, you blame them for an unpleasant event or situation. I'm not sure his death can be laid at medicine's door alone. The blame is generally laid at the door of the government. 15. open the door to something phrase If someone or something opens the door to a good new idea or situation, they introduce it or make it possible. This book opens the door to some of the most exciting findings in solid-state physics. Researchers are opening doors to reveal why things happen and how things work. 16. out of doors phrase B1 When you are out of doors, you are not inside a building, but in the open air. The weather was fine enough for working out of doors. Synonyms: in the open air, outside, outdoors, out 17. see someone to the door phrase If you see someone to the door, you go to the door with a visitor when they leave. 18. to show someone the door phrase If someone shows you the door, they ask you to leave because they are angry with you. Would they forgive and forget–or show him the door? 19. at death's door phrase If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die. [informal] He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door. My dad was the same. He could be at death's door but wouldn't say a word. Synonyms: dying, going, sinking, passing Vocabulary Builder CAR: EXTERIOR boot roof wheel window door windscreen wiper bonnet wing bumper windscreen tyre wing mirror number plate headlight indicator Idioms: get a foot in the door to make a small but successful start at something, for example doing business in a new area, and to be likely to do well in the future The only reason I took the job was because I thought it might help me get a foot in the door. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the revolving door a situation in which the people working in a particular organization do not stay there for very long, and so it is difficult for anything effective to be achieved The revolving door on the boardroom has continued to turn, with Victoria Jones becoming the sixth chief executive to leave in the past ten years. a situation in politics in which someone moves from an important position in government to a position in a private company, especially where this may give them an unfair advantage. Bill Clinton ran a campaign that included a strong pledge to stop the revolving door between public service and the private sector. a situation where solutions to problems last for only a short time, and then the same problems occur again These young people are caught in the revolving door of the justice system, ending up back on the streets after serving time in prison. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers push at an open door [British] to find it very easy to achieve your aims Persuading companies to invest in green technology today is like pushing at an open door. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers one door closes and another one opens said to mean that if one thing you do fails, you will soon have an opportunity to try to succeed at something else. This expression is often used to encourage someone to keep trying after they have had a disappointment or failure. Robert was philosophical after losing his job. `Obviously, I am disappointed,' he explained. `But one door closes and another one opens.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers lay something at someone's door to blame someone for something unpleasant that has happened We have no doubt about who is responsible for the riot. The blame must be laid at the door of the government. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock on the door of something to try to join a club or a group, or to try to become part of it These two players will, I'm sure, soon be knocking on the door of the national team. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers do something by the back door [mainly British] to do something secretly and unofficially He said the government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers closing the stable door after the horse has bolted [British] or closing the barn door after the horse has gone acting too late, because the problem that the action would have prevented has already occurred It is good to see the government taking positive action, even though it might look like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be knocking at someone's door to be likely to happen soon, or to be starting to happen Mike was in terrible trouble but it wasn't long before help was knocking at his door. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers at death's door seriously ill and likely to die very soon He has won five golf competitions in three months, a year after being at death's door. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers beat a path to someone's door to be eager to talk to someone or to do business with them Fashion editors now beat a path to Mugler's door and thousands of followers flock to get into one of his events. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers keep the wolf from the door to provide you with enough money to live on Your pension will keep the wolf from the door, but for a comfortable old age you need to make maximum use of the financial choices now open to you. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: door frame Fit strips of draught excluder around the inside of the door frame — and around the letter box, too. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This is simply a push-up leaning against a door frame. The Sun (2011) Urgently, I scanned the UPVC door frame, estimating the weak point. Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002) door jamb As the aperture of light was diminishing he put his hand round the door jamb. Meek, M R D A WORM OF DOUBT (2001) She pushed herself off the door jamb and ran her hands down her skirt to straighten it. Tracy Chevalier Burning Bright (2007) Midway through he puts his head round the door jamb and calls to me. Times, Sunday Times (2007) door key The police gave us a crime number but it emerged the burglars gained access by using a front door key. The Sun (2016) Incredibly, five per cent of us still leave the front door key under the door mat. The Sun (2008) door opens The green baize door opening out of the kitchen has matching pointed arches formed by a pattern of studs. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He saw the handle of Melissa's door rotate, the door opening the barest fraction. Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002) doors and windows Wall panels complete with doors and windows and fully plumbed bathroom pods can be made in a factory and delivered to site. Times, Sunday Times This leaves a business focused on the doors and windows market, admittedly still a tough one, with debt down to a very manageable 23 million. Times, Sunday Times The person who believes he or she will never be burglarized leaves doors and windows open and cash on top of the dresser. Christianity Today People whose doors and windows are locked get a leaflet congratulating them and giving more crime prevention advice. The Sun The products were hardware such as locks, handles and hinges, to be fitted to a wide range of doors and windows produced by other manufacturers. Times, Sunday Times double door Muntins are often confused with mullions (which separate complete window units), and astragals (which close the gap between two leaves of a double door). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A new double door entrance directly from the ticket office to the platform was installed and the old adjoining covered entrance was bricked up. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The north porch contains a panelled double door to the outer doorway with a leaded fanlight above. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Straight end parapets, central front double door with fanlight, new 3x2 sashes with half shutters. 2 new single solid doors with fanlights. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are connected by a passage where access was closed by a double door. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 driver's door Our exclusive picture shows how his driver's door took the full impact. The Sun I also learnt a valuable lesson when the buyer said he was almost put off by one of my photographs of the driver's door. Times, Sunday Times Every time it's cold or there's a frost, she can't get the driver's door to close properly. Times, Sunday Times I tried the driver's door but it was jammed shut. The Sun Opening the driver's door for a prospective buyer, she dislocated her thumb. Times, Sunday Times elevator door The mouse then zips behind the elevator door. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Travelling to meetings he found that the sound of elevator doors opening and closing made him weep. Times, Sunday Times And while the students hold elevator doors for older residents with walkers and canes, there are mutual gross-outs too. Globe and Mail When the elevator doors opened, there was a hallway containing six more gray doors. The Times Literary Supplement The elevator doors open to reveal a dusty hallway, the idol sitting on a table halfway down. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 enter a door To enter the door and shut something behind us? Christianity Today Most levels require the player to enter a door to advance to the next level, but earlier levels have the player simply move to the opposite side of the screen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1300s, people in poverty met caring friars when they entered the doors of pawnshops. Christianity Today One piece of porcelain, before it enters the door of the furnace, passes through the hands of more than twenty people without any confusion. The Times Literary Supplement entrance door Yet here, he sits above the entrance door in the most loaded position in the entire chapel. Times, Sunday Times By choosing principles over personalities, we found that the exit door for the disgruntled few became an entrance door for many more. Christianity Today Finding cracks and hand holes we scrambled up the wall and found the entrance door - invisible from below. Times, Sunday Times He attempted to glue one of his hands to an entrance door so that he could speak to the delegates. Times,Sunday Times It has a crypt-like feel, and access can still be gained via a small entrance door at the foot of the memorial. Times, Sunday Times exit door By ushering Britain through the exit door, he will win applause at home. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Right as we got to the top near the exit door, Maggie let loose a banshee yell and fell backwards down the stairs. Shell, Ray ICED (2002) Bitter because he was shown the exit door when he least expected it. The Sun (2017) But City are in no rush to push him out of the exit door due to the number of defensive injuries they have had this season. The Sun (2014) fling a door open He listened, then flung the door open with a crash, pulling back out of the line of fire. S.M. Stirling T2©: RISING STORM (1991) The shuddering din, in the enclosed yard, alerted the three-man staff in the prison office, from which a door was flung open. Patrick Robinson BARRACUDA 945 (2004) garage door The garage door was open on a carless garage, garden tools and shovels hanging on the wall, a lawnmower stowed in the corner. Kallen, Lucille C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS (2002) I'd hear a car in the driveway, the garage door rattling open. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The most common problems are clogged garbage disposals, leaky faucets, and balky garage door openers. Christianity Today (2000) The door design is no longer made by the manufacturer concerned and I was offered recompense for one garage door only. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A moment later, her garage door opened and I was inside, between her BMW and Theodore 's Porsche, and Cass was hugging me. Susan Isaacs AFTER ALL THESE YEARS (1993) guard a door Two plain-clothes police officers guard his door at all times, and visitors are limited to reduce his exposure to disease. Times, Sunday Times While these responses are nice, they are often little more than code words to get past the minister as he guards the door. Christianity Today There was a time when dark, dingy offices with secretaries guarding the doors came with a job in the property business. Times, Sunday Times Some of my team secured our office, a few gallantly guarding the doors. The Sun Let them guard the door. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 heavy door I wait, to hold open the heavy door. Times,Sunday Times With the window and heavy door closed, the room filled with smoke and carbon monoxide. The Sun Luck smiles as a heavy door creaks open. The Sun A heavy door fell off its sliding rail and a painting crashed to the floor, even though both had been carefully secured. Times, Sunday Times Then what sounds like a bolt being drawn back and a heavy door being opened. Times, Sunday Times kick a door They surrounded his home and tried to kick the door down at 2am. The Sun After 10, you kick the door. Times, Sunday Times I could pick such a lock in seconds and kick the door down in not much longer. Times, Sunday Times Your [the neocons] idea that we kick the door in. Times, Sunday Times I tried to kick the door down to save our three cats and pet snake, but it was too late. The Sun kitchen door The view from the kitchen door is reminiscent of a botanical garden. Times, Sunday Times (2007) She stood in the alcove, watching him through the open kitchen door. Skelton, Alison Scott AN OLDER WOMAN (2002) She was getting a bottle out of a crate of bottom-of-the-range Bulgarian wine that was sitting by the kitchen door. Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002) The most convenient place to have a herb garden is usually outside the kitchen door. Stickland, Sue Planning the Organic Herb Garden (1986) leave a door unlocked Perhaps he should start fining them if they continued to leave the door unlocked. MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR (1992) They went for long walks, marvelled at the turquoise colour of the sea and enjoyed being able to leave their front door unlocked at night. Times, Sunday Times (2006) You can leave your front door unlocked when you go out. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It’s like investing in fingerprint identification for your front door and leaving your back door unlocked. Computing (2010) She will remind you if you have left the front door unlocked. Times, Sunday Times (2016) locked door Defeated by the locked door of Bluebeard 's Chamber, Annie prowled around upstairs again, forgetting her inhibitions in frustration. Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004) She knew when he was approaching as the outside locked door would open with a chilling click. The Sun (2008) Here was another locked door added to the hundred in the strange house. Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden (1911) Those upset cleaning ladies only saw it because they used a master key to open his locked door. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Beyond, past a storeroom on the fourth floor, the steps led through a series of wickets to a locked door leading to the battlements of the roof. Deborah Cadbury THE LOST KING OF FRANCE: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII (2002) metal door Zlotin used a key card to activate the metal door, which opened on to a dimly lit corridor. MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER (1993) I heard her footsteps fade, then the clang of the metal door shutting behind her. Michael Crichton PREY (2002) The paint on the metal door is worn away in places. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A squat double-wide rowhouse of crumbling brick, it had a heavy metal door and no windows at all on the first floor. Laura Lippman IN A STRANGE CITY (2001) oak door This lower-ground-floor room, tucked away behind a creaky oak door, was added in the 1950s. Times, Sunday Times Returning to the house, we enter through a heavily studded oak door. Times, Sunday Times Swing open the medieval oak door and you are in your own castle, complete with banqueting hall and a musicians' gallery. Times, Sunday Times There was a big oak door with a brass thing and brass plates with all sorts of acronyms after his name. Times, Sunday Times Each entrance consists or a large panelled oak door, adorned by a pair of fluted columns and with a coffered ceiling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 office door He finally reached Bear Dooley's half-closed office door, which was burdened with numerous layers of thick brown paint. Anderson, Kevin J. THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO (1995) But as he stood, irresolute, in the hall, the office door opened and the second detective came out. Lyall, Francis A DEATH IN TIME (2004) Being in a bad mood about something that happened at work is not something you leave behind once you shut your office door. Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but were afraid to put into practice (2001) The office door opened and two students came out, chatting, carrying a tagboard sign and some masking tape. Spencer, LaVyrle FAMILY BLESSINGS (1994) oven door You opened the oven door before the buns had properly risen. Times, Sunday Times He would have to shut his ears in the oven door! Times, Sunday Times He also had burns on his right hand, possibly caused by it being pressed on an oven door. The Sun On both visits, the oven door glass was removed, cleaned and reinstated. The Sun Place the tray back in the oven and cook for 20 minutes without opening the oven door. Times, Sunday Times panelled door At a large panelled door they stopped, knocked, someone inside called brusquely. Harvey, John COUP D'ETAT But the heavy dark oak panelled door and the coat of arms embossed on the stone porch offer a glimpse of its true pedigree. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Katrina looked at the frosted glass panelled door to his office. St. James, Ian FINAL RESORT refrigerator door The refrigerator door produced water and ice cubes. Times, Sunday Times It's like living in the shires; a person's greatest problem might be a creaking refrigerator door. Times, Sunday Times For example, they produced refrigerator door handles and cast aluminum parts for the automobile industry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No clutter anywhere, except for on the refrigerator doors. Times, Sunday Times shower door The resulting wood looked rather like the frosted glass of a shower door. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a room too small for a separate shower, try fitting a good-quality shower door to the bath. The Sun Handprints appear on a shower door. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A small, assorted package of masonry bits comes in handy when drilling through ceramic tile to install a new shower door. Globe and Mail I found my glass shower door in fragments all over the floor. Times, Sunday Times steel door The steel door gave way and the APC stopped in the mouth of the building. James W. Huston THE SHADOWS OF POWER (2002) Grumbling, Wen waited while Lianne went to work on the combination that allowed the big, fireproof steel door to swing open. Elizabeth Lowell JADE ISLAND (2003) Beth Louwsma pushed the steel door open after the magneto released the lock. James W. Huston BALANCE OF POWER (1998) unlock a door You can unlock your door and monitor your house from afar with a smart lock. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Take the key and unlock the door for us. Times, Sunday Times Then stopped again, head still bowed and feet together, while he waited for her to unlock the door. Times, Sunday Times Just three words you see or speak today unlock a door. The Sun Either you can choose to stay imprisoned or you can choose to be free, but you need help to unlock the door. Times, Sunday Times vault door The old bank vault door and the huge columns in the lobby were retained. Houston Chronicle Both the vault door and emergency door were 21-inches thick and made of the latest torch- and drill-resistant material. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The vault door was twenty-three inches thick and weighed thirty-six tons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The vault door, made of oak, still exists and serves as the entry to a meat locker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Beyond the main vault door, smaller compartments provide further protection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 wide door There was a wide door on either side for cabin access and a separate baggage space behind the seats. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Courts had been reluctant to accept a tort for emotional harm for fear of opening a wide door to frivolous claims. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A wide door leads to the front porch where the family stays for coffee to relax and have a view of the town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Inside, from an impressive, low-ceilinged hall, wide doors lead into a sizeable galleried kitchen and dining room, with shallow steps leading down into the drawing room and study. Times, Sunday Times Each coach will have three wide doors, with automatic door closing and opening. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 wooden door Now all there is to see is an elegant wooden door in a brick wall overhung with flowers. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The giant wooden door of the imposing church in the square is still slightly ajar. The Sun (2008) A grubby white wooden door led into the lounge, where a blue sofa had been pushed against the far wall. The Sun (2008) He opened a stout wooden door. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We visited one family at their farm and sat on wooden benches in a kitchen connected to the cattle shed by a slatted wooden door. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Translations: Chinese: 门 Japanese: ドア
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