| 单词 | doorstep |
| 释义 | doorstep (dɔːʳstep ) Word forms: doorsteps , doorstepping, doorstepped 1. countable noun A doorstep is a step in front of a door on the outside of a building. 2. verb When journalists doorstep someone, they go to their home and try to get an interview or photographs, even when the person does not want to talk to them. [British, disapproval] The newspaper traced his address, and later doorstepped him at his home. [VERB noun] 3. on your doorstep phrase If a place is on your doorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happens on your doorstep, it happens very close to where you live. It is all too easy to lose sight of what is happening on our own doorstep. They have to put up with a giant oil refinery right on their doorstep. Collocations: front doorstep Her trips into the dangerous territory over her front doorstep became briefer and briefer by the day. COLDHEART CANYON (2001) The health visitor was standing on the front doorstep. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It's very sad when you see sofas chucked out on the front doorstep. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Translations: Chinese: 门阶 Japanese: 戸口の上がり段 |
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