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doormat

/dawr-mat, dohr-/US // ˈdɔrˌmæt, ˈdoʊr- //UK // (ˈdɔːˌmæt) //

门垫,门板,门帘,门槛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mat, usually placed before a door or other entrance, for people arriving to wipe their shoes on before entering.
    • : a person who is the habitual object of abuse or humiliation by another.

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Examples

  • On New Year’s Eve, he writes about his impatience and laziness and being a doormat to Fred.

  • If you’re a doormat in your life but you’re smashing dishes elsewhere, I don’t think that’s really helping.

  • Still, Molly Parmeter couldn't believe it when a thick embossed letter from Saint James's Palace arrived on her doormat.

  • But who knows, years of being a doormat may finally erupt, much like Ndamukong Suh did last year when he stomped on another guy.

  • So says Peter King, no ideological or partisan doormat on these matters, I think you would agree.

  • If he wins the presidency, will Romney drag his party toward the center or become a doormat for the arch-conservative wing?

  • His rookie flailing set back the peace process (such as it was) and made him look like a doormat.

  • Gipsy left the room as requested, but she stood for a moment or two on the doormat outside, shaking her head solemnly.

  • A good doormat too shabby to put before the front door is a treasure to lay before the washtubs.

  • If Fate has been kind she has been disillusioned, and if Destiny has used her for a doormat, no matter.

  • And anyway he'd be blessed if he lay around in the way any longer like a doormat with "Welcome" inscribed upon the surface.

  • And you let her walk over you, chuck you out as if you was a wornout doormat she'd wiped her boots on, and never said a word.

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