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doorman

/dawr-man, -muhn, dohr-/US // ˈdɔrˌmæn, -mən, ˈdoʊr- //UK // (ˈdɔːˌmæn, -mən) //

门卫,门房,看门人,门童

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural door·men [dawr-men, -muhn, dohr-]. /ˈdɔrˌmɛn, -mən, ˈdoʊr-/.

    • : the door attendant of an apartment house, nightclub, etc., who acts as doorkeeper and may perform minor services for entering and departing residents or guests.

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Examples

  • A doorman at the Ritz-Carlton took to serving him carrots on a silver tray.

  • Sure, they got an invite, and paid the $20.16 required to get past the doorman, but Hillary Clinton?

  • "Walter Gropius," I say to the doorman who looks a bit like Mike Ehrmantraut from Breaking Bad.

  • Singh worked as a doorman in a local hotel and Kaur was a waitress.

  • The doorman apparently did not think to question what was so clearly a dad with his toddler son.

  • First off, it was one of those second-rate places that boasted no doorman.

  • It seems his room-mate found him, in bed, in his night-wear, and immediately called the doorman of the house.

  • "Sure, if he'll see you," answered the doorman, unlocking and swinging open the broad portal.

  • Here was reserve itself done into a box-office clerk, a doorman, and an assistant, glorying in their fine positions.

  • I gave him half a crown for himself, while the dignified doorman called me a hansom.