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doormat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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door·mat /ˈdɔːmæt $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun [countable]  1. DHHa piece of material inside or outside a door for you to clean your shoes on 〔门口的〕擦鞋垫,门口地垫4  See picture of 见图 DOOR2 informalTREAT/BEHAVE TOWARDS someone who lets other people treat them badly and never complains 逆来顺受的人,出气筒,受气包 Don’t let him treat you like a doormat. 别让他把你当出气筒来欺负。
Examples from the Corpus
doormatIf you hadn't been a doormat you wouldn't have been trodden on - that's what doormats are for.Make sure he doesn't treat you like a doormat.A doormat for that bullying old harridan to wipe her feet on.In a matter of seconds, I went from being the class doormat to class hero.There was a letter on the front doormat bearing his name, manually typed.Fiona was determined that she would be nobody's doormat.Let him realise one thing: she might be poor, but she was nobody's doormat!The key is under the doormat.treat ... like a doormatYou can't force him to act responsibly but you can make sure he doesn't treat you like a doormat.
door·mat nounChineseSyllable
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doormat
doormat /ˈdɔːmæt $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun [countable]
1. a piece of material inside or outside a door for you to clean your shoes on
2. informal someone who lets other people treat them badly and never complains:
    Don’t let him treat you like a doormat.


door·matBrE /ˈdɔːmæt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɔːrmæt/ 🔊 nouna small piece of strong material near a door that people can clean their shoes on 门口地垫;门口擦鞋垫(informal) a person who allows other people to treat them badly but usually does not complain 逆来顺受的可怜虫;受气包