doorstep

英 [ˈdɔːstep]

美 [ˈdɔːrstep]

n.  门阶; (常用以做三明治的)厚面包片
v.  (记者)登门采访，蹲守

复数：doorsteps　现在分词：doorstepping　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.6432 / COCA.10738

习惯用语

n.

on the/your doorstep
• 在某人的住所旁
  very close to where a person lives
• The nightlife is great with bars and clubs right on the doorstep.
  有这些酒吧和夜总会位于家门口，夜生活真是棒极了。

牛津词典

noun

• 门阶
  a step outside a door of a building, or the area that is very close to the door
  1. The police turned up on their doorstep at 3 o'clock this morning.
     今天凌晨3点，警察出现在他们的住所门前。
• （常用以做三明治的）厚面包片
  a thick piece of bread, usually one that is made into a sandwich

verb

• （记者）登门采访，蹲守
  when a journalist doorsteps sb, he or she goes to the person's house to try to speak to them, even if they do not want to say anything

柯林斯词典

• 门阶
  Adoorstepis a step in front of a door on the outside of a building.
• VERB (记者)登门采访，蹲守
  When journalistsdoorstepsomeone, they go to their home and try to get an interview or photographs, even when the person does not want to talk to them.
  1. The newspaper contacted his grandmother to trace his present address, and later doorstepped him at his home.
     报纸联系了他祖母，查到了他现在的住址后便前往登门采访。
• PHRASE 在…住所近旁
  If a place isonyourdoorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happensonyourdoorstep, it happens very close to where you live.
  1. It is all too easy to lose sight of what is happening on our own doorstep...
     我们很容易无视身边之事。
  2. They have to put up with a giant oil refinery right on their doorstep.
     他们不得不忍受就在家门口的巨型炼油厂。

英英释义

noun

• the sill of a door
  Synonym:doorsillthreshold

双语例句

• This was the weekend that the war finally landed on their doorstep.
  在这个周末，战火终于烧到了他们的家门口。
• Two days later, a box arrived on Liza's doorstep.
  两天后，一个盒子就递到了莉莎的门口。
• Whenever I pass she is sitting on the doorstep.
  每次我经过时，她总在门前台阶上坐着。
• Love is finally at your doorstep.
  爱情终于来敲你的门了。
• I stand on the doorstep shivering with cold.
  我站在门前台阶上，冻得浑身发抖。
• Hesitating a moment, I left my doorstep and went up and down the street gathering the litter.
  犹豫了一会，我走下台阶来到街上捡拾散落的物品。
• He stumbled over the doorstep.
  他在门阶处绊了一脚。
• Those wishing to study urban development have a ready-made example on their doorstep
  那些想要研究城市发展的人眼下就有一个十分现成的范例。
• The newspaper contacted his grandmother to trace his present address, and later doorstepped him at his home.
  报纸联系了他祖母，查到了他现在的住址后便前往登门采访。
• Each one sweeps the snow from his own doorstep and doesn't heed the frost on his neighbour's roof.
  各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜。