doorstep
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++door·step1 /ˈdɔːstep $ ˈdɔːr-/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 DHHa step just outside a door to a house or building 门阶on the doorstep He stood on the doorstep, straightening his tie. 他站在门阶上整理领带。 the front doorstep 正门门阶2 on somebody’s/the doorstep NEAR a) very near someone’s home 在某人住所近旁 Wow! You’ve got the beach right on your doorstep! 哇！海滩就在你家门口！ b) at someone’s home 在某人家门口 I got a shock when he just turned up on the doorstep. 他忽然出现在家门口，让我大吃一惊。3. DFF British English informal a very thick piece of bread 厚面包片
Examples from the Corpus
doorstep• Thomas Hewett was off duty and having a quiet glass of stout and a chinwag on his front doorstep.• They say I had the vanity to go down to Croisset and make an embarrassing scene on his doorstep.• She stood paralysed for several moments on Giles Carnaby's doorstep.• His father buried the membrane beneath the doorstep.• A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep.• Then there is its well preserved old quarter, and on the doorstep a romantic, well wooded and castle-adorned countryside.• But it wasn't funny this morning when the police arrived on the doorstep.• A cat sat patiently on the doorstep.• He just felt it was easier to step across the state line and have people groveling at your doorstep.front doorstep• Thomas Hewett was off duty and having a quiet glass of stout and a chinwag on his front doorstep.• Elizabeth lifted the shopping bags from the front doorstep into the hail and then shut the door.• Mrs Parvis was standing out on the front doorstep, pretending to watch out for something in the sky.• She was breathless when she did catch up with him outside on the front doorstep.• He was suspicious of her motives in inviting him into the house - he usually got no further than the front doorstep.doorstep2 verb (doorstepped, doorstepping) [intransitive, transitive] British English PPVTCNif politicians or journalists doorstep people, they visit people at their homes in order to get votes or information – often used to show disapproval 〔政客为拉选票〕上门拜访；〔新闻记者为找新闻〕登门采访〔常含贬义〕 Journalists had doorstepped the couple and their neighbours. 新闻记者走访了这对夫妇及他们的邻居。→ See Verb tabledoor·step1 noundoorstep2 verbChineseSyllable
Corpus a just or to door a step a house outside
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doorstep
door‧step1 /ˈdɔːstep $ ˈdɔːr-/ 
noun [countable]
1. a step just outside a door to a house or building
on the doorstep
He stood on the doorstep, straightening his tie.
the front doorstep
2. on sb’s/the doorstep
a. very near someone’s home:
Wow! You’ve got the beach right on your doorstep!
b. at someone’s home:
I got a shock when he just turned up on the doorstep.
3. British English informal a very thick piece of bread
doorstep2 verb (past tense and past participle doorstepped, present participle doorstepping) [intransitive and transitive] British English
if politicians or journalists doorstep people, they visit people at their homes in order to get votes or information – often used to show disapproval:
Journalists had doorstepped the couple and their neighbours.
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noun [countable]1. a step just outside a door to a house or building
on the doorstep
2. on sb’s/the doorstep
a. very near someone’s home:
b. at someone’s home:
3. British English informal a very thick piece of bread
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verb (past tense and past participle doorstepped, present participle doorstepping) [intransitive and transitive] British Englishif politicians or journalists doorstep people, they visit people at their homes in order to get votes or information – often used to show disapproval:
