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

• I show up on your doorstep.
  我出现在你的家门前。
• A couple of teenagers were kissing and cuddling on the doorstep.
  一对年轻人在门阶上亲吻拥抱。
• 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。
• On the doorstep lay her handkerchief, which she had dropped.
  在门前的台阶上有一条她落掉的手帕。
• She continued to smile at the ranks of cameras on their doorstep.
  她依旧对着门口的一排排照相机微笑着。
• We stood on the doorstep for ages before he asked us in.
  我们在门阶上站了很久之后他才请我们进去。
• 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。
• The daughter halted, frowning. The sound stopped by the doorstep.
  女儿停住脚步，皱皱眉头。声音到门阶边停住了。
• I marched him across the room, down the hall and out onto the doorstep.
  我拽着他穿过房间和大厅，来到门阶上。
• I arrived home to find him sobbing uncontrollably on the doorstep.
  我到家后发现他在门阶上控制不住地抽泣。