doorstep

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Related topics: House, Food, dish

door·step1 /ˈdɔːstep $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun [countableC]

1 DHHa step just outside a door to a house or building 门阶

on the doorstep

He stood on the doorstep, straightening his tie.

他站在门阶上整理领带。

the front doorstep

正门门阶

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2 on somebody’s/the doorstep NEAR

a) very near someone’s home 在某人住所近旁

Wow! You’ve got the beach right on your doorstep!

哇！海滩就在你家门口！

b) at someone’s home 在某人家门口

I got a shock when he just turned up on the doorstep.

他忽然出现在家门口，让我大吃一惊。

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turned up on the doorstep• The phone kept ringing and no one there, and then he turned up on the doorstep.• My guess is you turned up on the doorstep during business hours with some papers for Marty to sign.

3. DFF British EnglishBrE informal a very thick piece of bread 厚面包片

Examples from the Corpus

doorstep• Thomas Hewett was off duty and having a quiet glass of stout and a chinwag on his front doorstep.• They say I had the vanity to go down to Croisset and make an embarrassing scene on his doorstep.• She stood paralysed for several moments on Giles Carnaby's doorstep.• His father buried the membrane beneath the doorstep.• A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep.• Then there is its well preserved old quarter, and on the doorstep a romantic, well wooded and castle-adorned countryside.• But it wasn't funny this morning when the police arrived on the doorstep.• A cat sat patiently on the doorstep.• He just felt it was easier to step across the state line and have people groveling at your doorstep.

front doorstep• Thomas Hewett was off duty and having a quiet glass of stout and a chinwag on his front doorstep.• Elizabeth lifted the shopping bags from the front doorstep into the hail and then shut the door.• Mrs Parvis was standing out on the front doorstep, pretending to watch out for something in the sky.• She was breathless when she did catch up with him outside on the front doorstep.• He was suspicious of her motives in inviting him into the house - he usually got no further than the front doorstep.

Related topics: Voting, Newspapers, printing, publishing

doorstep2 verb (doorstepped, doorstepping) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] British EnglishBrE

PPVTCNif politicians or journalists doorstep people, they visit people at their homes in order to get votes or information – often used to show disapproval 〔政客为拉选票〕上门拜访；〔新闻记者为找新闻〕登门采访〔常含贬义〕

Journalists had doorstepped the couple and their neighbours.

新闻记者走访了这对夫妇及他们的邻居。

door·step1 noundoorstep2 verb

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