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threshold

noun
 OPAL W
🔊/ˈθreʃhəʊld/
🔊/ˈθreʃhəʊld/
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  1.  
    the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room门槛；门口
    • He stepped across the threshold.他迈过门槛。🔊🔊
    • on the threshold She stood hesitating on the threshold.她站在门口，犹豫不决。🔊🔊
    Topics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + threshold
    • cross
    preposition
    • across the threshold
    • over the threshold
    • on the threshold
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
    the level at which something starts to happen or have an effect阈；界；起始点
    • He has a low boredom threshold (= he gets bored easily).他极易感到乏味。🔊🔊
    • I have a high pain threshold (= I can suffer a lot of pain before I start to react).我的痛阈很高。🔊🔊
    • My earnings are just above the tax threshold (= more than the amount at which you start paying tax).我的收入刚刚超过税收起征点。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The number of people with the disease is reaching a critical threshold.此病患者人数即将达到临界关口。
    • They earn wages below the decency threshold set by the EU.他们的工资低于欧盟规定的最低标准。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • low
    • maximum
    • …
    verb + threshold
    • have
    • reach
    • meet
    • …
    threshold + noun
    • level
    • value
    preposition
    • above a/​the threshold
    • below a/​the threshold
    See full entry
  3.  
    [usually singular] the point just before a new situation, period of life, etc. begins开端；起点；入门
    • on the threshold of something She felt as though she was on the threshold of a new life.她觉得好像就要开始新生活了。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginOld English therscold, threscold; related to German dialect Drischaufel; the first element is related to thresh (in a Germanic sense ‘tread’), but the origin of the second element is unknown.