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a barrier like a door that is used to close an opening in a fence or a wall outside a building 大门；栅栏门；围墙门 
the front/main gate 前门/大门 the back/side gate 后门/侧门 an iron gate 铁门 to open/close/shut a gate 打开/关闭/关上大门 He pushed open the garden gate. 他推开了花园的门。 - outside a gate
Students were still standing outside the school gates. 学生们仍然站在学校大门外。 - at a gate
A crowd gathered at the factory gates. 一群人聚集在工厂的大门口。 - gate to something
Someone was waiting by the gate to his house. 有人在他家门口等着。
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensa2Don't forget to shut the gate when you leave. 离开时别忘了关上大门。 The gate shut behind him. 大门在他身后关上了。 The great gates of the abbey were shut fast. 修道院的大门紧紧地关着。 The heavy gate swung open. 沉重的大门缓缓打开了。 a set of ornamental gates 一套装饰门 a wide driveway with double gates 装有两扇大门的宽敞车道
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- main
- entrance
- …
- set
- open
- bar
- close
- …
- open
- swing open
- close
- …
- through a/the gate
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an opening that can be closed by a gate or gates 大门口 I was slightly nervous as I entered the gates. 当我走进大门时，我有点紧张。 - through a gate
We drove through the palace gates. 我们驱车驶过重重宫门。
Extra ExamplesGo through the gate and continue down the track. 穿过大门，沿着小路继续走下去。 He led us through a gate into a little garden. 他领着我们穿过一扇门进入了一个小花园。 Hesitantly, he emerged from the gates of the prison. 他犹豫不决地从监狱门口走了出来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- main
- entrance
- …
- set
- open
- bar
- close
- …
- open
- swing open
- close
- …
- through a/the gate
- [countable]
a way out of an airport through which passengers go to get on their plane 登机门；登机口 Passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 8. 前往巴黎的乘客应前往8号门。 - at a gate
BA flight 726 to Paris is now boarding at gate 16. 飞往巴黎的英航 726 号班机在 16 号登机口登机。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- main
- entrance
- …
- set
- open
- bar
- close
- …
- open
- swing open
- close
- …
- through a/the gate
- [countable]
a barrier that is used to control the flow of water on a river or canal 闸门；阀门 a lock/sluice gate 船闸闸门；水闸
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- front
- main
- entrance
- …
- set
- open
- bar
- close
- …
- open
- swing open
- close
- …
- through a/the gate
- [countable]
the number of people who attend a sports event （体育比赛的）观众人数 - (also gate money)[uncountable]
the amount of money made by selling tickets for a sports event （体育比赛的）门票收入 - -gate
(forming nouns from the names of people or places; used especially in newspapers 与人名或地名构成名词，尤用于报刊 a political scandal connected with the person or place mentioned （与所提到的人或地方有关的）政治丑闻 Word OriginFrom Watergate, the scandal in the United States that brought about the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. - (also logic gate)(
computing 计算机 an electronic switch that reacts in one of two ways to data that is put into it. A computer performs operations by passing data through a very large number of gates. 闸门： 一种电子开关，对放入其中的数据以两种方式之一作出反应。计算机通过将数据通过大量的门来执行操作。
Word OriginOld English gæt, geat, plural gatu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gat ‘gap, hole, breach’.
Idioms
come, get, etc. out of the gate(s)
- (North American English, informal)
to be successful from the beginning, especially in sport 门： 从一开始就要成功，尤其是在体育领域The Grizzlies came out of the gate motivated, bursting to a 27–10 lead. 灰熊队以27-10的领先优势冲出大门。 The team has struggled to get out of the gate this year. 这个团队今年一直在努力走出大门。
(right) out of the gate(s)
- (North American English, informal)
right from the beginning of a situation or an activity 从一种情况或一项活动开始 The trouble began right out of the gate. 麻烦一开始就出现了。 The Democrats had a clear advantage out of the gate. 民主党一开始就有明显的优势。