| 单词 | door-to-door |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdoor-to-door door-to-door n. attributive (of canvassing, selling, investigating, etc.) done methodically at one house after another; (of a journey) from actual start to actual finish. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > itinerantly peddling1532 door-to-door1902 on the knocker1959 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adjective] > from start to finish door-to-door1902 1902 Harper's Mag. May 1004/1 When I arrived at the house my son, the editor, had just returned from a door-to-door sale of the Mosquito. 1929 ‘G. Daviot’ Man in Queue x. 128 You can be an ex-service man..out of a job... I don't want any door-to-door business. 1934 Planning 2 xxxvi. 14 Apart from certain short-distance traffic which can be more cheaply and efficiently sent by road on account of the door-to-door facilities and absence of double handling, the main competition between road and rail is over certain long-distance traffic. 1943 Our Towns (Women's Group on Public Welfare) ii. 12 The door-to-door salesmanship which is one of the pests of town life. 1963 D. Ogilvy Confessions Advertising Man v. 96 When I was a door-to-door salesman I discovered that the more information I gave about my product, the more I sold. < as lemmas |
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