doorsteps

英 [ˈdɔːsteps]

美 [ˈdɔːrsteps]

n.  门阶; (常用以做三明治的)厚面包片
v.  (记者)登门采访，蹲守
doorstep的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• Rain drops were spattering on the doorsteps.
  雨点洒落在门阶上。
• Rain drops were spattering on the doorsteps. press ( down) the accelerator of a car
  雨点洒落在门阶上。踩（下）汽车的油门
• Was dreaming of his doorsteps and empty hogsheads.
  都在缅怀他从前睡觉的台阶和那些大空桶。
• By the time the inevitable court battles are resolved, the waves may be lapping at our doorsteps.
  到了不可避免的诉讼战得到解决时，海浪拍打可能会在我们家门口。
• The doorsteps and thresholds with the early grass springing up about them;
  那台阶和门槛，以及周围早早破土而出的青草；
• It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in this civilized area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.
  在这个文明地区竟然发现有些小的盗窃行为，特别是有人从门口台阶上偷牛奶瓶。
• Therefore, people in southern China traditionally put chicken, meat, vegetables, rice, tea and fruit on their doorsteps that day.
  所以到了那一天家家户户都在门口台阶上放些鸡啊，肉啊，蔬菜，米饭，茶叶和水果。这也是中国东南一带的传统。
• The green moss creeps onto the doorsteps, The lush grass is reflected through the bamboo curtains.
  苔藓给阶前铺上绿毯，芳草把帘内映得碧青。
• Editors cannot settle for an online replica of what is delivered to people's doorsteps every morning, fortt cautioned.
  编辑不能将一个每天送到人们家门口的东西做成在线复制品，福特提醒说。
• First, Americans have become intolerant of large, polluting industrial plants on their doorsteps.
  首先，美国人已经不能容忍在其家门口建立大型污染工厂。