单词 | gate |
释义 | gate (geɪt ) Word forms: gates 1. countable noun A2 A gate is a structure like a door which is used at the entrance to a field, a garden, or the grounds of a building. He opened the gate and started walking up to the house. Synonyms: barrier, opening, door, access 2. countable noun B1+ In an airport, a gate is a place where passengers leave the airport and get on their aeroplane. Passengers with hand luggage can go straight to the departure gate to check in there. 3. countable noun Gate is used in the names of streets in Britain that are in a place where there once was a gate into a city. ...9 Palace Gate. 4. countable noun The gate at a sporting event such as a football match or baseball game is the total number of people who attend it. Their average gate is less than 23,000. Vocabulary Builder GARDEN lawn trellis shrub gate fence birdhouse garden furniture path flowers patio flowerpot Collocations: gate pass He asked that a friend be given a gate pass to accompany him to the aircraft and assist him in going to the bathroom. Times, Sunday Times In 1994, the gate pass system gave way to the invoice-based system, and all clearances are now effected on manufacturers own invoice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They had to return however as the sentry was not satisfied that the gate pass was correct. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The facility has minimum security prisoner public works and gate pass assignments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, gate pass and visitor pass rules continue till date. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While a significant proportion of tickets are bought in advance, it can only have a negative impact on gate receipts. Times, Sunday Times Next season's champions can expect to make more than 60 million, not including income from gate receipts, club sponsorship deals or merchandise sales. Times, Sunday Times United's commercial income has soared from 49 million, less than matchday revenues, to 189 million, far in excess of gate receipts. Times, Sunday Times The panel needs to consider the difference in television income, gate receipts, sponsorship and commercial revenue, as well as player sales resulting from relegation. Times, Sunday Times United also lost out on around £20m in gate receipts from the four games they played behind closed doors. The Sun I should be denied rights of entry through the gates of heaven. The Sun We knock on the gates of heaven, then scribble a quick note we stick between the rails, and run back to our busy lives. Christianity Today The gates of a city were typically closed at night to keep foreigners out, but the gates of heaven will never be shut. Christianity Today These are planetary guardians of the gates of heaven. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here, only a few timid souls enter the gates of heaven. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Do not climb a locked gate and use these facilities! Times,Sunday Times At the back, a row of luminous jackets tried to stave off a surge of ticketless fans attempting to crash through a locked gate. Times, Sunday Times The panic that followed led to a stampede for the exits and spectators were pushed against a locked gate as they tried to escape. Times, Sunday Times You should be wary: the courts will not readily find that a right of way has been abandoned, and the existence of the locked gate will not be determinative. Times, Sunday Times Numerous surfers who made pilgrimages to the site were turned away at a locked gate. Times, Sunday Times The security guard at the main gate recognises his car and waves us through. Times, Sunday Times He arrived at the main gate with a party of about 20 people in fi ve vehicles, and immediately encountered a problem. Times, Sunday Times One tank, in a symbolic move, moved its turret around so it was not aimed at the swelling crowds outside the main gate. Times, Sunday Times Now the wall and the factory’s main gate are almost the same as then. Smithsonian Mag Find one at the main gate (about 32 for 2½ hours). Times, Sunday Times The embassy's sturdy metal gate had been twisted by the blasts. Times, Sunday Times And changing gear calls for the diplomacy of an ambassador as you attempt to coax the lever through the exposed metal gate. Times, Sunday Times The following night a group of militia pounded on the metal gate. Times, Sunday Times She saw a walled farm and tried the metal gate. Times, Sunday Times They were separated by a metal gate, stewards and very quickly riot police. Times, Sunday Times One narrow gate in the northeast allows occasional, uneasy contact. Times, Sunday Times Not everyone visits the kitchen or nursery, but sooner or later, they all pass through the narrow gate of the necessary room. Christianity Today I am the narrow gate. Christianity Today The course had 20 efforts, including a narrow gate, open ditch, double oxer, and a wall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The biggest difficulty appeared to be at the start of the trip in getting the vehicles in the right order to emerge from narrow gates. Times, Sunday Times Should we open the gate and let the technological barbarians through? Times, Sunday Times It goes against the grain to open a gate and tell horses to vanish, to go forth and multiply. Times, Sunday Times As he pushes open the gate it 'clicked sharply and shed its cascade'. The Times Literary Supplement I stopped to open a gate, then held the brakes to hop back on for the final drop down and across the road. Times, Sunday Times Police appeared to open the gate, causing a stampede in which one officer was severely injured. Times, Sunday Times And why was the outer gate to the lighthouse enclosure bolted shut? Times, Sunday Times Passing through the outer gate, one would enter a hall 60-feet long and 20-feet wide, with tables and benches on either side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Note the three orbs on the shiny heraldic device on the outer gate. Times, Sunday Times As they drove towards the outer gate they realised, to their horror, that the guards were not lifting the barrier as they approached. Times, Sunday Times The spandrels or spaces between the arches of the outer gate were decorated with blue and yellow tiles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One way and another, the princesses spent most of their lives as prisoners - either behind palace gates or prison walls. Times, Sunday Times There were cheers of 'hip, hip, hooray' as the crowd outside the palace gates swelled to more than ten deep. Times, Sunday Times But they should also keep those artistically trained eyes open on the buildings next door, as their limo sweeps them towards the palace gates. Times, Sunday Times By the end of 2005 the number of paying visitors passing through the palace gates exceeded 520,000. Times, Sunday Times She may as well have been straitjacketed at the palace gates. Times, Sunday Times The fort had one large gate facing south, and a small rear gate for easy access to the spring waters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Damage was confined to the rear gate which was scorched and blackened. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For the new weighing function the original front and rear gate were connected with a roof. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The only wooden door on the vehicle was the rear gate assembly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fortress had a rear gate in the northern tip where it was possible to reach the ships and to get water. 55 cannon positions were built on fortress walls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A synod revision committee overturned that this month, but too late to shut the gate. Times, Sunday Times In many instances funds have been forced to shut the gate on redemptions in order to prevent asset fire sales. Times, Sunday Times Then he shut his gate. Times, Sunday Times Station staff can override the machines and shut the gates if the platforms are getting dangerously overcrowded. Times, Sunday Times Eight people of diverse backgrounds were bunged into a house to discuss 'shutting the gates'. The Sun The cause was the repair of a sluice gate that regulated the flow of water from the pond into a brook. Times, Sunday Times And have we become weirdly amphibious, in mortal danger when separated from a constant water supply, our gullets open like a sluice gate? Times, Sunday Times The best bits — the beamed ceilings, the millrace and the pond, now controlled by a modern sluice gate — have been retained, and are joined by five bedrooms and landscaped grounds. Times, Sunday Times At the moment the sea came into the pond and fishes of every kind entered the sluice gate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Note, the sluice gate induces a choke in the system, causing a backwater profile just upstream of the gate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A high steel gate retracts slowly to let in the large cars with foreign or diplomatic plates. Times, Sunday Times The new name was taken from the steel gate or coal gate that separated the trains from the coal mines north of town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also constructed a red sandstone wall around the cemetery, with a steel gate located at the north end. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He led us in through the green steel gates to a row of huge, empty food warehouses. Times, Sunday Times As of 2008, the well can still be seen locked inside a red-brick enclosure with a steel gate, and its heat can be felt outside the building. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Riot police fired tear gas on crowds of protesters trying to break through a security cordon and storm the gates of the parliament building. Times, Sunday Times Nobody has stormed the gates. Times, Sunday Times Some gained admittance by storming the gates, while others perched precariously on the roof of the southern stand. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An unofficial attendance, due to spectators storming the gates, meant that the crowd could have been as high as 70,000 or more. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead of storming the gates, the battle was a series of feints and maneuvers that would sap the enemy's resistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Being so near the ticket gate of course means that first-class travellers can arrive a little later than everyone else. Times, Sunday Times There are elevators between ground level and the ticket gate level and between the ticket gate level and platform level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both platforms are connected to the ticket gate on the bridge over the tracks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many people leave the card in their wallet and just pass the wallet over the reader as they enter the ticket gate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recent changes (2011) to the station have seen the addition of ticket gate lines on both platforms and some refurbishment of the shelters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If your neighbour did wish to use it, you may well have to unlock the gate or provide a key. Times, Sunday Times As for the joys of close family life, 24/7, parents will run a mile from such bliss the moment government unlocks their gates. Times,Sunday Times The man in the storage facility ends his phone call, bows to the inevitable and unlocks the gate. Times, Sunday Times You unlocked the gates and the house let us in. The Times Literary Supplement The guards surrounded us, surveyed the perimeter, unlocked the gate, and hustled us inside. Globe and Mail We look through the wooden gate for the owners of the property. Smithsonian I rang the bell on the solid wooden gate and peeked through the space between the gate frame and the wall, hoping to see movement. ST Here the sheep may also graze, entering through a wooden gate. Times, Sunday Times In one part of the garden there was a little wooden gate that led into the churchyard. Times, Sunday Times Go through the wooden gate and take the path up to a ruined folly. Times, Sunday Times Six weeks after the ambulance had delivered me through those terrifying wrought-iron gates, my family came to collect me. Times, Sunday Times Some houses are immaculate — with hanging baskets, trimmed privet hedges, elegant wrought-iron gates and yucca plants. Times, Sunday Times It lies at the end of a tree-lined drive with electronically controlled wrought-iron gates. The Sun The house stands in magnificent isolation, surrounded by sweeping lawns, at the end of a well-kept 500yd drive and behind a pair of elegant old wrought-iron gates. Times, Sunday Times Workers arriving for the early morning shift cast uneasy glances at the makeshift graveyard outside the heavily guarded wrought-iron gates. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 大门 Japanese: 門 |
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