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单词 doorstep
释义

doorstep

noun
/ˈdɔːstep/
/ˈdɔːrstep/
Idioms
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    a step outside a door of a building, or the area that is very close to the door
    • The police turned up on their doorstep at 3 o'clock this morning.
    Topics Houses and homesb2, Buildingsb2
  2. (British English, informal) a thick piece of bread, usually one that is made into a sandwich
Idioms
on the/your doorstep
  1. very close to where a person lives
    • The nightlife is great with bars and clubs right on the doorstep.

doorstep

verb
/ˈdɔːstep/
/ˈdɔːrstep/
[transitive, intransitive] (British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they doorstep
/ˈdɔːstep/
/ˈdɔːrstep/
he / she / it doorsteps
/ˈdɔːsteps/
/ˈdɔːrsteps/
past simple doorstepped
/ˈdɔːstept/
/ˈdɔːrstept/
past participle doorstepped
/ˈdɔːstept/
/ˈdɔːrstept/
-ing form doorstepping
/ˈdɔːstepɪŋ/
/ˈdɔːrstepɪŋ/
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  1. doorstep (somebody) when a journalist doorsteps somebody, he or she goes to the person’s house to try to speak to them, even if they do not want to say anything
    • The producer of the programme was doorstepped by tabloid journalists.
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