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

• 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。
• They arrive at the doorstep of god.
  他们到达了上帝的门口。
• 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。
• Love is finally at your doorstep.
  爱情终于来敲你的门了。
• 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。
• 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。
• A couple of teenagers were kissing and cuddling on the doorstep.
  一对年轻人在门阶上亲吻拥抱。
• As we finish, he stands on the doorstep as the rain buckets down and says goodbye.
  当我们完成的时候，他站在门前的台阶上下来，因为一场雨桶说再见。
• One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big beautiful German shepherd on our doorstep.
  一个星期五的晚上我下班回家，在我们的门阶上发现了一条硕大而又漂亮的德国牧羊犬。
• 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。