gate/ɡeɪt/

n C

1. 大门；(篱笆等)门

• The gate of the school closes at 10 p.m. 晚上10点关校门。

• a flood gate 水闸门

2. 大门口

• Who is the man at the gate? 门口的那个人是谁？

3. 出入口；途径

• The Straits of Gibraltar are the gate of the Mediterranean. 直布罗陀海峡是地中海的大门。

• Hard work is the gate to success. 努力工作是通向成功的大门。

4. 英 (比赛、演出等的)观众数；门票收入

• There was a gate of thousands. 观众数以千计。

• This game brought a record gate of $30,000. 这场比赛获得创记录的3万美元的门票收入。

词组get the gate 被解雇；被拒绝

• The idle fellow has got the gate at last. 这个懒汉终于被解雇了。

• Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl. 乔很伤心，因为他的女朋友抛弃了他。