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

单词

gate-vein

释义

gate¹ /gāt/

noun

A passage into a city, enclosure, or any large building
A narrow opening or defile
A frame for closing an entrance
An entrance, passage or channel
An obstacle consisting of two posts, markers, etc between which competitors in a slalom, etc must pass
(at an airport) any of the numbered exits from which to board or leave an aircraft
The people who pay to see a game, hence, the number attending
The total amount of money paid for entrance (also gateˈ-money)
A starting gate
An electronic circuit which passes signals when permitted by another independent source of similar signals
An electronic circuit with one or more inputs and one output (computing)
The part of a projector, printer or camera which holds the film flat behind the lens
An H-shaped series of slots for controlling the movement of a gear lever in a gearbox

transitive verb

To supply with a gate
To punish (students or schoolchildren) by imposing a curfew or by confinement to school precincts for a time

ORIGIN: OE geat a way; Du gat, ON gat

gātˈed adjective

Having a gate or gates (also in combination, as hundred-gated)
Punished by gating

gateˈless adjective

gātˈing noun

gate control therapy noun

A theory of pain control based on the selective stimulation of different nerve fibres

gateˈcrash intransitive verb and transitive verb

To enter without paying or invitation

gateˈcrasher noun

gated community noun

A residential area into which the entry of non-residents is controlled by gates, security systems, etc

gate fever noun (prison sl)

A neurotic or restless condition affecting long-term prisoners near the end of their prison sentence

gateˈ-fine noun

The fine imposed upon the gated for disobedience

gateˈfold noun

An oversize page in a book, etc that has to be folded in on both sides, and opened out like a gate, a foldout

gateˈhouse noun (architecture)

A building over or at a gate

gateˈkeeper noun

A person who watches over a gate and supervises the traffic through it (also gateˈman)
Someone or something that acts to prevent undesirable elements from entering a system
Any of several large butterflies with brown or orange wings

gateˈ-legged or gateˈleg adjective

(of a table) having a hinged and framed leg that can swing out to support a leaf to extend the table

gate-money see n above.

gate net noun

A net hung across a gateway for catching hares

gate of horn see ivory gate below.

gate of justice noun

A gate, eg of a city, temple, etc, where a sovereign or judge sat to dispense justice

gateˈpost noun

A post from which a gate is hung, or against which it shuts

gateˈ-tower noun

A tower beside or over a gate

gate valve noun

(in a pipeline) a valve with a movable barrier or gate for regulating the flow

gateˈ-vein noun (obsolete or figurative)

The great abdominal vein

gateˈway noun

The way through a gate
A structure at a gate
A connection between computer networks, or between a computer network and a telephone line
Any entrance or means of entrance (also as adjective; often figurative)

break gates

(formerly at Oxford and Cambridge Universities) to enter college after the prescribed hour

ivory gate and gate of horn (or in Spenser silver)

In Greek legend and poetical imagery, the gates through which false and true dreams respectively come

stand in the gate (Bible)

To occupy a position of defence

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gate1 /gāt/

gate¹ /gāt/