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doorstep

noun
🔊/ˈdɔːstep/
🔊/ˈdɔːrstep/
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  1. a step outside a door of a building, or the area that is very close to the door门阶
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Topics Houses and homesb2, Buildingsb2
  2. (British English, informal) a thick piece of bread, usually one that is made into a sandwich（常用以做三明治的）厚面包片
Idioms
on the/your doorstep
  1. very close to where a person lives在某人的住所旁
    • The nightlife is great with bars and clubs right on the doorstep.有这些酒吧和夜总会在家门口，夜生活真是棒极了。🔊🔊

doorstep

verb
🔊/ˈdɔːstep/
🔊/ˈdɔːrstep/
[transitive, intransitive] (British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they doorstep
🔊/ˈdɔːstep/
🔊/ˈdɔːrstep/
he / she / it doorsteps
🔊/ˈdɔːsteps/
🔊/ˈdɔːrsteps/
past simple doorstepped
🔊/ˈdɔːstept/
🔊/ˈdɔːrstept/
past participle doorstepped
🔊/ˈdɔːstept/
🔊/ˈdɔːrstept/
-ing form doorstepping
🔊/ˈdɔːstepɪŋ/
🔊/ˈdɔːrstepɪŋ/
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  1. doorstep (somebody) when a journalist doorsteps somebody, he or she goes to the person’s house to try to speak to them, even if they do not want to say anything（记者）登门采访，蹲守
    • The producer of the programme was doorstepped by tabloid journalists.该节目的制作者受到小报记者的欢迎。