door

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
3. An entry point.
4. A means of approach or access.
5. A possibility.
6. A barrier.
7. A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
8. The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.

Verb

To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

Произносится как (IPA)

/dɔː/

Этимология (Английский)

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish and Norwegian dør (“door”), Icelandic dyr (“door”), Latin foris and foras, Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Albanian derë pl. dyer, Central Kurdish دەرگە (derge), derî, Persian در (dar), Russian дверь (dverʹ), Hindi द्वार (dvār), Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras, Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra), Lithuanian durys.

Предложения

He's watching the other door .

Он смотрит на другую дверь.

It's no use closing the stable door , after the horse has bolted .

Бесполезно закрыть стабильную дверь, после того, как лошадь бросилась.

The S . W . A . T . entry team used an optical wand to observe the proceedings behind the door .

S.W.A.T. Входная команда использовала оптическую палочку, чтобы наблюдать за разбирательством за дверью.