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单词 open-doored
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open-dooredadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊp(ə)nˈdɔːd/, U.S. /ˈoʊp(ə)nˈdɔrd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: open door n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < open door n. + -ed suffix2.
1. Having the door open.
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1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 97 The open-doored cottages and blazing hearths.
1963 Econ. Geogr. 39 217/1 A melange of confusing odors emanating from open-doored markets.
2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 26 Apr. 11 I wasn't in the ladies' loo, but that noble place of recreation has a large open-doored foyer, and I heard her as I ambled past.
2. figurative. Ready to take in or receive; keeping open house, hospitable.
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [adjective] > hospitable
harborous1526
hospitable1570
hospital1570
harboursome1584
hospitalious1596
hospitious?1611
entertaining1640
xenodochial1716
open-housed1804
open house1836
open-doored1842
1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair iv. i Some, Whose ears are open-doored to phantoms.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 16 A house Once rich, now poor, but ever open-door'd.
1908 Daily Chron. 28 July 3/1 On the wide and sunny road, All open-doored with God.
2001 Nat. Catholic Reporter (Nexis) 19 Oct. 21 Why should we be so rigid, seeing strangers as interlopers, when the very definition of Christianity was an open-doored community of believers?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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