door
noun [ C ] uk/dɔːr/ us/dɔːr/
A1 门
a flat object that is used to close the entrance of something such as a room or building, or the entrance itself
the front door 前门
the back door 后门
a car door 车门
a sliding door 推拉门
The door to his bedroom was locked. 他卧室的门上了锁。
We could hear someone knocking at/on the door. 我们能听到有人在敲门。
Could you open/close/shut the door, please? 请把门打开／关上好吗？
She asked me to answer the door (= go and open it for someone). 她让我去开门。
be on the door 守门，看门
to work at the entrance of a building, collecting tickets or preventing particular people from entering
房子，建筑物
used to refer to a house or other building
Sam only lives a few doors (away/up/down) from us. 萨姆就住在与我们相隔几户（远／以北／以南）的房子里。
The people next door (to us) (= living in the house next to us) aren't very friendly. 住在（我们）隔壁房子里的人不太友好。
out of doors 户外，室外
outside in the open air
- More examples
- I'd only gone a little way down the street when I remembered I hadn't locked the door.
- The sign on the toilet door said 'Engaged'.
- Our new sofa doesn't fit through the door.
- Soldiers guard the main doors of the embassy.
- He got his bag caught in the train doors as they were closing.
Idioms
close/shut the door on somethingidiom 使（尤指计划或解决方案）成为不可能
to make it impossible for something to happen, especially a plan or a solution to a problem
There are fears that this latest move might have closed the door on a peaceful solution. 人们担心这一最新动向或许已关闭了和平解决问题的大门。
open the door to somethingidiom 使…成为可能
to make something possible
These discussions may well open the door to a peaceful solution. 此番讨论或许可以完全打开和平解决问题的大门。
shut/close the stable/barn door after the horse has boltedidiom 为时已晚
to be so late in taking action to prevent something bad happening that the bad event has already happened