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单词 gates
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gate1 /geɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
  2. a tower for defending or decorating such an opening:the palace gate.
  3. any means of access or entrance:the gate to success.
  4. Transportany movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a railroad crossing.
  5. Transporta passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship.
  6. [usually singular* the + ~] the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc.
  7. [usually singular* the + ~] the total receipts from such admissions.

-gate, suffix. 
  1. -gate was derived from Watergate, originally the name of a hotel complex where officials of the Republican party were caught trying to burglarize Democratic party headquarters. Watergate then came to be associated with "a political cover-up and scandal.'' The suffix is attached to some nouns to form nouns that refer to scandals resulting from concealed crime in government or business:Iran + -gate → Irangate (= a scandal involving arms sales to Iran).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Gates  (gāts),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
  2. Biographical William (Bill), born 1956, U.S. entrepreneur.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gate1  (gāt),USA pronunciation n., v., gat•ed, gat•ing. 
n. 
  1. a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
  2. an opening permitting passage through an enclosure.
  3. a tower, architectural setting, etc., for defending or adorning such an opening or for providing a monumental entrance to a street, park, etc.:the gates of the walled city; the palace gate.
  4. any means of access or entrance:The gate to stardom is talent.
  5. a mountain pass.
  6. any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a road or railroad crossing.
  7. a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship.
  8. a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe;
    valve.
  9. [Skiing.]
    • an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart.
    • the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski.
  10. the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc.
  11. the total receipts from such admissions.
  12. [Cell Biol.]a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell.
  13. Cinema[Motion Pictures.]See film gate. 
  14. a sash or frame for a saw or gang of saws.
  15. [Metall.]
    • Also called ingate. a channel or opening in a mold through which molten metal is poured into the mold cavity.
    • the waste metal left in such a channel after hardening.
  16. [Electronics.]
    • a signal that makes an electronic circuit operative or inoperative either for a certain time interval or until another signal is received.
    • Also called logic gate. a circuit with one output that is activated only by certain combinations of two or more inputs.
  17. get the gate, [Slang.]to be dismissed, sent away, or rejected.
  18. give (someone) the gate, [Slang.]
    • to reject (a person), as one's fiancé, lover, or friend.
    • to dismiss from one's employ:They gave him the gate because he was caught stealing.

v.t. 
  1. (at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds.
  2. [Electronics.]
    • to control the operation of (an electronic device) by means of a gate.
    • to select the parts of (a wave signal) that are within a certain range of amplitude or within certain time intervals.

v.i. 
  1. [Metall.]to make or use a gate.
  • bef. 900; Middle English gat, gate, Old English geat (plural gatu); cognate with Low German, Dutch gat hole, breach; compare gate2

gate2  (gāt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. [Archaic.]a path;
    way.
  2. [North Eng. and Scot.]habitual manner or way of acting.
  • Old Norse gata path; perh. akin to Old English geat gate1; compare gat3
  • Middle English 1150–1200

-gate, 
  1. a combining form extracted from Watergate, occurring as the final element in journalistic coinages, usually nonce words, that name scandals resulting from concealed crime or other alleged improprieties in government or business:Koreagate.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Gates /ɡeɪts/ n
  1. Bill, full name William Henry Gates. born 1955, US computer-software executive; founder (1976) of Microsoft Corporation
  2. Henry Louis. born 1950, US scholar and critic, who pioneered African-American studies in such works as Figures in Black (1987)
  3. Horatio. ?1728–1806, American Revolutionary general: defeated the British at Saratoga (1777)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gate /ɡeɪt/ n
  1. a movable barrier, usually hinged, for closing an opening in a wall, fence, etc
  2. an opening to allow passage into or out of an enclosed place
  3. any means of entrance or access
  4. a mountain pass or gap, esp one providing entry into another country or region
  5. the number of people admitted to a sporting event or entertainment
  6. the total entrance money received from them
  7. (in a large airport) any of the numbered exits leading to the airfield or aircraft: passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 14
  8. short for starting gate
  9. a logic circuit having one or more input terminals and one output terminal, the output being switched between two voltage levels determined by the combination of input signals
  10. a circuit used in radar that allows only a fraction of the input signal to pass
  11. the electrode region or regions in a field-effect transistor that is biased to control the conductivity of the channel between the source and drain
  12. a component in a motion-picture camera or projector that holds each frame flat and momentarily stationary behind the lens
  13. a slotted metal frame that controls the positions of the gear lever in a motor vehicle
  14. a hinged clasp to prevent the oar from jumping out of a rowlock
  15. a frame surrounding the blade or blades of a saw
vb (transitive)
  1. to provide with a gate or gates
  2. Brit to restrict (a student) to the school or college grounds as a punishment
  3. to select (part of a waveform) in terms of amplitude or time
Etymology: Old English geat; related to Old Frisian jet opening, Old Norse gat opening, passage

ˈgateless adj ˈgateˌlike adj
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