单词 | gate |
释义 | gate (once / 74 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A gate is a moveable barrier that closes or opens a gap in a wall or fence. A garden gate might swing on rusty hinges, when closed helping to keep deer away from your vegetables. A pasture gate keeps cattle or horses safe inside a fence, and if you visit someone who lives in a gated community, you'll have to be buzzed in before the gate opens to allow you inside. You'll also find gates at the airport — they're the areas with doors leading out to the airplane. The Old English source of gate is geat, "gate, door, opening, or passage." WORD FAMILYgate: gated, gates, gating USAGE EXAMPLESThere will also be a smaller ballot for a limited number of tickets for the event at the Menin Gate memorial. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) “There’s just so many checks and balances, it just doesn’t surprise me that he got caught before this plane was able to leave the gate.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The statement says once at the gate, an employee of the airline’s ground handling vendor was found in the cargo area. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a movable barrier in a fence or wall Exp|Hypo|Hyper Dipylon gate a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found head gate a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end lock-gatea gate that can be locked lichgate, lychgatea roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals portcullisgate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage posterna small gate in the rear of a fort or castle tailboard, tailgatea gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading tail gatea gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end tollbar, tollgatea gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid turnpike(from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid turnstilea gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering wicket, wicket door, wicket gatesmall gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) movable barrier a barrier that can be moved to allow passage 2n passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark Hypo|Hyper arrival gate gate where passengers disembark departure gategate where passengers embark passageway a passage between rooms or between buildings 3v supply with a gate The house was gated Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 4v control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate Hyper control, operate handle and cause to function 5v restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment 2Hyper bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel place limits on (extent or access) n total admission receipts at a sports event 3Hyper gross, receipts, revenue the entire amount of income before any deductions are made n a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs Syn|Hypo|Hyper logic gate AND circuit, AND gate a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire NAND circuit, NAND gatea logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate OR circuit, OR gatea gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire X-OR circuit, XOR circuit, XOR gategate for exclusive OR; a circuit in a computer that fires only if only one of its inputs fire computer circuit a circuit that is part of a computer |
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