Doorstep
['dɔːstep]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
整理:拉尔夫
例句/造句/用法:
- He had determined to wait till the chance presented itself naturally; and here it was, and here he was on the doorstep. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- And now I'll be too late with a murder done on my own doorstep. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Squatted on the doorstep, he was engaged in most carefully examining that which the man had brought from the house. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- You can see for yourself that anyone going out through that open window could reach the front doorstep by taking a long stride. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I sank on the wet doorstep: I groaned--I wrung my hands--I wept in utter anguish. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- On the doorstep he stood still, remembering a phrase of Lily's: It seems to me you spend a good deal of time in the element you disapprove of. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- When the girl got into the open street, she sat down upon a doorstep; and seemed, for a few moments, wholly bewildered and unable to pursue her way. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- At last she set her basket down on a doorstep, and began arranging the old, faded shawl which covered her shoulders. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I left him, said Mike, a setting on some doorsteps round the corner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I thought to myself, as we descended the doctor's doorsteps. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Hounds and horsemen disappear, and little Rawdon remains on the doorsteps, wondering and happy. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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