复合形式：
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| answer the door v expr | (open front door to a caller) | SCSimplified Chinese 应门，去开门 |
| | When the sales lady rang the bell, I didn't answer the door. |
| at death's door adv | figurative (very ill, about to die) | SCSimplified Chinese 生命垂危 shēng mìng chuí wēi |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 垂死 shēng mìng chuí wēi，chuí sǐ |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 濒临死亡 shēng mìng chuí wēi，bīn lín sǐ wáng |
| back door n | (building: rear door) | SCSimplified Chinese 后门 hòu mén
TCTraditional Chinese 後門 |
| | (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 不正当的途径，后门 bú zhèng dāng de tú jìng，hòu mén
TCTraditional Chinese 後門 |
| | (美国俚语) | SCSimplified Chinese 肛门 hòu mén ，gāng mén
TCTraditional Chinese 肛門 |
| | In this house the back door opens directly into the kitchen. |
| barn door n | (door of a farm building) | SCSimplified Chinese 谷仓门 gǔ cāng mén
TCTraditional Chinese 倉庫門 |
| | Buying an alarm system after you've been burgled is a lot like closing the barn door after the horses are out. |
| beat a path to [sb]'s door v expr | figurative (be keen to meet with [sb]) | SCSimplified Chinese 争先恐后地登门拜访 |
| | If you have a good idea, investors will beat a path to your door. |
| by the back door adv | figurative, informal (by illegitimate means) | SCSimplified Chinese 走后门 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 通过不正当方式 |
| cabin door n | (entrance or exit in an aeroplane) | SCSimplified Chinese 舱门 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 客舱门 |
| cellar door n | (door leading into basement) | SCSimplified Chinese 地窖门 dì jiào mén
TCTraditional Chinese 地窖門 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 地下室门 dì jiào mén，dì xià shì mén |
| | Be careful going through the cellar door because the stairs are very steep. |
| | He went to get another bottle of wine and walked straight into the cellar door. |
| close the door on [sth] v expr | figurative (rule out, exclude) | SCSimplified Chinese 拒之门外 jù zhī mén wài
TCTraditional Chinese 拒之門外 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 断绝 jù zhī mén wài，duàn jué
TCTraditional Chinese 斷絕 |
| | The politician's latest comments, unfortunately, closed the door on a peace agreement between the two countries. |
| close the door on [sb] vtr | (on [sb]: shut door to exclude) | SCSimplified Chinese 把…关在门外 bǎ guān zài mén wài |
| closed-door adj | figurative (secret or restricted) | SCSimplified Chinese 秘密的，保密的 mì mì de ，bǎo mì de |
closing the stable door after the horse has bolted,
shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted n | figurative, informal (acting too late) | SCSimplified Chinese 行动太慢 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 反应太慢 |
| | Tony's debts are huge now; buying a few items second-hand seems like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. |
darken [sb]'s doorstep,
darken [sb]'s door v expr | figurative, disapproving (come to [sb]'s house) | SCSimplified Chinese 上...的门 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 登门拜访 |
| | Get lost, and don't ever darken my doorstep again! |
| door chain n | (metal security device for a door) | SCSimplified Chinese 门链 |
| | Don't depend on a door chain as your only lock. |
| door closer n | (device: closes door automatically) | SCSimplified Chinese 闭门器 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 门掣 |
door frame,
doorframe n | (structure around a door) | SCSimplified Chinese 门框 mén kuàng |
| | If you keep slamming the door you'll damage the door frame. |
| | 你要一直这么使劲摔门，会损坏门框的。 |
| door gasket n | (seal on the door of an appliance) | SCSimplified Chinese 门垫圈 |
| | If you can pull a dollar bill out through the refrigerator door gasket, it's time to replace the gasket. |
| door handle n | (knob, etc. for opening a door) | SCSimplified Chinese 门把手 mén bǎ shǒu
TCTraditional Chinese 門把手 |
| | Don't kick the door open - use the door handle! |
| door hanger n | (sign for door handle) | SCSimplified Chinese 门把挂牌 |
| | The door hanger said: "Do not disturb". |
| door hinge n | (joint in a door frame) | SCSimplified Chinese 门合叶 mén hé yè
TCTraditional Chinese 門合葉 |
| | It squeaks when you open and close it: you need to oil the door hinges. |
| door key n | (key to house, hotel room) | SCSimplified Chinese 门钥匙 mén yào shi
TCTraditional Chinese 門鑰匙 |
| | In modern hotels, the door key is a plastic card. |
| | 在现代酒店中，钥匙都被门卡代替。 |
| door knocker n | (fixture on a door) | SCSimplified Chinese 门环 mén huán |
| | The door knocker on Jane's house is in the shape of an owl. |
| door lock n | (for locking a door) | SCSimplified Chinese 门锁 mén suǒ |
| | After the thief broke in, I had a hard time replacing the door lock. |
| door opener n | (mechanism that opens doors) | SCSimplified Chinese 开门装置 |
| door opener n | figurative, informal ([sth] that opens opportunities) | SCSimplified Chinese 敲门砖 |
| door person n | (doorkeeper, [sb] guarding an entrance) | SCSimplified Chinese 门卫 mén wèi |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 看门人 mén wèi，kān mén rén
TCTraditional Chinese 看門人 |
| door prize n | US ([sth] won in raffle) (剧场，舞会) | SCSimplified Chinese 门票抽奖 mén piào chōu jiǎng
TCTraditional Chinese 門票抽獎 |
| door to door adv | (selling: from one door to another) | SCSimplified Chinese 挨家挨户地 āi jiā āi hù de |
| 备注: hyphen used when term is an adj |
| | I got my start in sales selling vacuum cleaners door to door. |
| door-to-door adj | (sales: from one door to another) | SCSimplified Chinese 挨家挨户的 āi jiā āi hù de |
| | I started my sales career as a door-to-door insurance salesman. |
| door-to-door adj | (shipping: all-inclusive) (运输) | SCSimplified Chinese 从门到门的 cóng mén dào mén de |
| | Are those shipping costs door-to-door or port-to-port? |
| door-to-door sales npl | (selling: knocking on doors) | SCSimplified Chinese 上门推销 shàng mén tuī xiāo
TCTraditional Chinese 上門推銷 |
| door-to-door salesman n | (male seller: knocks on doors) (指男性) | SCSimplified Chinese 上门推销员 |
| | James is a door-to-door vacuum salesman. |
| door-to-door saleswoman n | (female seller: knocks on doors) | SCSimplified Chinese 上门女推销员 |
| fire door n | (fire-resistant inner door) | SCSimplified Chinese 防火门 fáng huǒ mén
TCTraditional Chinese 防火門 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 防火安全门 fáng huǒ mén，fáng huǒ ān quán mén |
| | The employees were told off for wedging the fire doors open in the hot weather. |
| four-door adj | (car: having four doors) (汽车) | SCSimplified Chinese 四门的 |
| French door n | often plural (door with floor-length window) | SCSimplified Chinese 落地玻璃门 luò dì bō lí mén |
| | The French doors bring a lot of light into the room. |
| front door n | (main entrance) | SCSimplified Chinese 前门 qián mén |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 正门 qián mén，zhèng mén |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 大门 qián mén，dà mén
TCTraditional Chinese 大門 |
| | My family usually goes in and out of the house by the kitchen door, but we prefer that guests use the front door. |
| | 我们家的人经常通过厨房的那扇门进出房子，不过我们希望客人使用前门。 |
| garage door n | (part of a house, building) | SCSimplified Chinese 车库门 |
| | My house is the one with the brown garage door. |
get your foot in the door,
get a foot in the door v expr | figurative (succeed at an initial step) | SCSimplified Chinese 成功的开始 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 迈出成功的第一步 |
| | Melanie got her foot in the door of the fashion industry by working as a sales assistant in a clothing store. |
| glass door n | (door made of glass) | SCSimplified Chinese 玻璃门 |
| hinge n | (joint in a door frame) (门上的) | SCSimplified Chinese 合页，铰链 hé yè ，jiǎo liàn
TCTraditional Chinese 鉸鍊 |
| | Jake greased the hinge on the door. |
| | 杰克给门的合页抹了润滑油。 |
| inner door n | (interior door) | SCSimplified Chinese 内门 nèi mén |
| | The inner door of this room has not been painted yet. |
| keep the door open v expr | figurative (allow possibility) | SCSimplified Chinese 让门开着 ràng mén kāi zhe
TCTraditional Chinese 讓門開著 |
| | The Prime Minister said he would like to keep the door open for future negotiations. |
| lay [sth] at [sb]'s door v expr | figurative (hold [sb] responsible for [sth]) | SCSimplified Chinese 要求某人对某事负责 |
leave the door open for [sb/sth],
leave the door open to [sth/sb] v expr | figurative (allow possibility, access) | SCSimplified Chinese 为…保留可能性 wèi … bǎo liú kě néng xìng |
| | When the reigning gold medalist fell, she left the door open for her competitors. |
| | By not completely cutting ties with the country's former allies, the prime minister is leaving the door open for negotiations to be resumed in the future. |
| lie at [sb]'s door v expr | figurative (be [sb]'s fault, responsibility) | SCSimplified Chinese 是某人的责任 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 由某人负责 |
| listen at the door v expr | (eavesdrop) | SCSimplified Chinese 在门口偷听 zài mén kǒu tōu tīng |
| | You'll hear what they say if you listen at the door. |
| lock the door v expr | (close and secure the door with a key) | SCSimplified Chinese 锁门 suǒ mén |
| | I always set the burglar alarm and lock the door when I go out. |
| | Don't forget to lock the door behind you when you leave. |
| next door adv | (in the next house along) | SCSimplified Chinese 在隔壁 zài gé bì |
| | She lives next door with her mother and half a dozen cats. |
| next door to [sb/sth] adv + prep | (in the next house along from) | SCSimplified Chinese 在…隔壁 |
| | A young couple have just moved in next door to us. |
| next-door n as adj | (neighboring) | SCSimplified Chinese 邻居的
TCTraditional Chinese 鄰居的 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 隔壁的 gé bì de |
| | The people in the next-door apartment are very nosy. |
| next door n | informal, UK (next-door neighbors) | SCSimplified Chinese 隔壁邻居 gé bì lín jū
TCTraditional Chinese 隔壁鄰居 |
| | I see that next door have visitors over the holidays. |
next-door neighbor (US),
next-door neighbour (UK) n | often plural (person: in next house, apartment) | SCSimplified Chinese 隔壁邻居 gé bì lín jū
TCTraditional Chinese 隔壁鄰居 |
| | My next-door neighbor is always waking me up with his loud music. |
| open door n | figurative (invitation, [sth] giving access) | SCSimplified Chinese 邀请 yāo qǐng
TCTraditional Chinese 邀請 |
| | (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 开放的大门 |
| 备注: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| | "Gratitude is an open door to abundance." - Yogi Bhajan |
| open-door n as adj | figurative (promoting free movement) | SCSimplified Chinese 门户开放的 |
| | This government has an open-door approach to immigration. |
| open-door policy n | (politics: free movement) | SCSimplified Chinese 开放政策 kāi fàng zhèng cè
TCTraditional Chinese 開放政策 |
| | The country decided to adopt an open-door economic policy. |
| open-door policy n | (person: availability) | SCSimplified Chinese 随时可见 |
| | My boss has an open-door policy -- he wants his employees to feel comfortable talking to him any time. |
| pocket door | (type of sliding door) | SCSimplified Chinese 暗藏推拉门 |
| revolving door n | (door that rotates) | SCSimplified Chinese 旋转门 |
| revolving door n | figurative (organization: high staff turnover) (指人员变动很快) | SCSimplified Chinese 流水营盘 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 旋转门 |
| revolving door n | figurative (politicians, etc. in private industy) (政治) | SCSimplified Chinese 旋转门 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 旋转门现象 |
| 备注: 指公职人员经商或利用公职为日后经商牟利 |
| screen door n | (outer door: mesh screen) | SCSimplified Chinese 纱门 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 纱网门 |
| see [sb] to the door v expr | (show out) | SCSimplified Chinese 护送…到门口 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 将…送到门口 |
| | Would you see Mrs. Barlow to the door, please? |
| shut the door v expr | figurative (put up a barrier) | SCSimplified Chinese 关门 guān mén
TCTraditional Chinese 關門 |
| | He failed his entrance exam, which has shut the door on him becoming a lawyer. |
| sliding door n | (door which opens on a runner) | SCSimplified Chinese 推拉门 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 滑动门 |
| | A wardrobe with a sliding door requires less space than one whose doors open outwards. |
| stage door n | (backstage entrance to a venue) | SCSimplified Chinese 后台入口 hòu tái rù kǒu
TCTraditional Chinese 後台入口 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 剧场后门 hòu tái rù kǒu，jù chǎng hòu mén |
| | The band entered the club through the stage door. |
| | Groupies hang out around the stage door, hoping to get a glimpse of their idols. |
| storm door n | (building: outer door) | SCSimplified Chinese 防风门 |
swing door,
also US: swinging door n | (door that swings in both directions) | SCSimplified Chinese 两面皆可推拉开关的门 liǎng miàn jiē kě tuī lā kāi guān de mén |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 回转门 liǎng miàn jiē kě tuī lā kāi guān de mén，huí zhuǎn mén |
| | There was a large swing door at the entrance of the bar. |
trapdoor,
trap door n | (opening in floor or ceiling) | SCSimplified Chinese 地板门，活板门 dì bǎn mén，huó bǎn mén |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 活动天窗 huó dòng tiān chuāng |
| | The magician disappeared by way of a trapdoor in the stage floor. |
You'd make a better door than a window!,
You make a better door than a window! expr | (you are blocking my view) | SCSimplified Chinese 你挡住我的视线了 |