| [/geɪt; ɡet/] n 用法:
1 (a) movable barrier, usu on hinges, which closes an opening in a wall, fence or hedge 大门; 城门; 篱笆门:
a wooden, iron gate 木门、 铁门 *
the garden gate 花园的门 *
the gates of the city 城门. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page vi.
(b) opening closed by this; gateway 有大门的出入口; 大门口:
The carriage passed through the palace gates. 马车穿过了宫殿的大门口.
(C) similar movable barrier which controls a stream of water 闸门; 阀门:
a lock/sluice gate 闸门[水闸]. 用法:
2 means of entrance or exit (for passengers at an airport or spectators at a sports ground) （飞机场或体育场的）进出口, 站口, 看台口:
The flight is now boarding at gate 16. 本班机现在在第16号入口检票登机. 用法:
3 number of spectators at a sports event, esp a football match （体育比赛的）观众人数（尤指足球赛的）:
a gate of ten thousand 万人观众 *
a good/poor/large/small gate 很多的[很少的/大量的/少量的]观众. 用法:
4 (also `gate money) amount of money taken from tickets sold at a sports event, esp a football match 门票收入（尤指足球赛的）:
Today's gate will be given to charity. 今日的门票收入将捐献给慈善事业. gate 2
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (for sth) (Brit) confine (a student) to college or school as a punishment 惩罚性禁止（学生）离校. |