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doorkeeper

/dawr-kee-per, dohr-/US // ˈdɔrˌki pər, ˈdoʊr- //UK // (ˈdɔːˌkiːpə) //

门卫,守门人,守门员,门房

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who guards the entrance of a building.
    • : British. a janitor; hall porter.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. ostiary.

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Examples

  • Juggling those multiple criteria would present a major challenge for immigration officials, airline check-in counters and other doorkeepers.

  • The Senate post is officially called the sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, harking back to its 18th-century duties of keeping members inside the Capitol to conduct the business of government.

  • His lordship, as we know, was away, and on his return questioned the doorkeeper as to the name of his visitor.

  • The doorkeeper answered in a very discourteous way that it was none of his business where the senators were.

  • He soon brought him to the stranger, who then gave his card to the doorkeeper and asked him to call at his hotel that evening.

  • I scared up a doorkeeper and was ready at the proper time, and by pure good luck a tolerably good house assembled and I was saved.

  • And a moment later the two associates were talking earnestly near the doorkeeper's lodge.

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