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单词 house-to-house
释义
house-to-houseˌhouse-to-ˈhouse adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A minute earlier he had been feeling sorry for the men who were still out on house-to-house questioning.
  • Culley ordered a house-to-house in the area.
  • Detectives yesterday carried out house-to-house enquiries in the hope of tracking the gang.
  • He found Kersey, sitting at the desk in an upstair, borrowed office surrounded by house-to-house reports prepared on the premises.
  • It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches.
  • Peacekeeping troops set up road blocks and conducted house-to-house searches.
  • Road blocks were set up and a helicopter brought in from Manchester as police began house-to-house inquiries.
  • The Pearl has a 6,500-strong sales force which collects insurance premiums and arranges policies by the simple expedient of house-to-house calls.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· The street collection raised £255.41 and the house-to-house collection realised £2,928.· Another was a newcomer to our church and to our city, doing an Edinburgh house-to-house collection for the first time.· We will be making street and house-to-house collections during Battle of Britain Week.· But there were no authorised house-to-house collections, said a spokesman.
· Peacekeeping troops set up road blocks and conducted house-to-house searches.· It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches.· Some 200 militants were arrested in house-to-house searches beginning on April 13.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Another was a newcomer to our church and to our city, doing an Edinburgh house-to-house collection for the first time.
  • It was Major Volpi who had been given responsibility for putting up road-blocks and carrying out house-to-house searches.
  • Officers would also be making house-to-house inquiries, said a Hertfordshire Police spokesman.
  • Peacekeeping troops set up road blocks and conducted house-to-house searches.
  • Road blocks were set up and a helicopter brought in from Manchester as police began house-to-house inquiries.
  • Some 200 militants were arrested in house-to-house searches beginning on April 13.
  • The street collection raised £255.41 and the house-to-house collection realised £2,928.
  • We will be making street and house-to-house collections during Battle of Britain Week.
house-to-house inquiries/search/collection etc inquiries etc that are made by visiting each house in a particular areadoor-to-door:  The abduction sparked a house-to-house search in the Willenhall area.
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