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

revolving door n. (a) a door having usually four partitions set at right angles radiating out from, and revolving on, a central vertical axis, allowing large numbers of people to pass through while eliminating draughts; (b) figurative something characterized by repetition of the same events, problems, people, etc., in a continuous cycle; frequently attributive.

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1895 Rep. City Comptroller St Paul (Minnesota) 1894 203 N. W. Revolving Door Co., three revolving doors for court house, Dec. 28, 1893, $696.66, city's one-half share 348.33.

1907 St. Nicholas Oct. 1104/2 It was his stated duty to attend one of the big revolving doors that opened upon the main street.

1914 Atlanta Constit. 6 Nov. 6/5 Felix Diaz is our idea of a man who wants somebody else to push the revolving door of revolution around for him.

1943 Marriage & Family Living 5 70/1 She receives exhaustive medical and psychiatric treatment as well as vocational guidance in an effort to reduce ‘revolving door’ failures.

1970 Jrnl. Health & Social Behavior 11 80/1 The decreased hospitalization time but increased rehospitalization of patients, resulting in a classic revolving door situation.

1977 New Yorker 9 May 35/1 They were not completely comfortable with escalators and revolving doors.

2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names xi. 275 At the revolving doors, a flunkey hails me a cab.

2003 Washington Post 2 Mar. (Home ed.) d15/4 He could provide some stability at kicker, a position that has been a revolving door for years.

单词	revolving door
释义	> as lemmas revolving door revolving door n. (a) a door having usually four partitions set at right angles radiating out from, and revolving on, a central vertical axis, allowing large numbers of people to pass through while eliminating draughts; (b) figurative something characterized by repetition of the same events, problems, people, etc., in a continuous cycle; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1895 Rep. City Comptroller St Paul (Minnesota) 1894 203 N. W. Revolving Door Co., three revolving doors for court house, Dec. 28, 1893, $696.66, city's one-half share 348.33. 1907 St. Nicholas Oct. 1104/2 It was his stated duty to attend one of the big revolving doors that opened upon the main street. 1914 Atlanta Constit. 6 Nov. 6/5 Felix Diaz is our idea of a man who wants somebody else to push the revolving door of revolution around for him. 1943 Marriage & Family Living 5 70/1 She receives exhaustive medical and psychiatric treatment as well as vocational guidance in an effort to reduce ‘revolving door’ failures. 1970 Jrnl. Health & Social Behavior 11 80/1 The decreased hospitalization time but increased rehospitalization of patients, resulting in a classic revolving door situation. 1977 New Yorker 9 May 35/1 They were not completely comfortable with escalators and revolving doors. 2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names xi. 275 At the revolving doors, a flunkey hails me a cab. 2003 Washington Post 2 Mar. (Home ed.) d15/4 He could provide some stability at kicker, a position that has been a revolving door for years. extracted from revolvingadj. < as lemmas
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