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单词 doorway
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doorwayn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: door n., way n.1
Etymology: < door n. + way n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdoorway.
The opening or passage which a door serves to close or open; the space in a wall occupied by a door and its adjuncts; a portal.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > door > doorway
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openinga1450
door-place1552
door-stead1552
doorway1799
door-arch1886
1799 R. Southey Eng. Eclogues vi, in Poems II. 228 Sitting at evening in that open door-way.
1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish ix. 57 The bridegroom went forth and stood with the bride at the doorway.
1874 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 4) i. iii. 59 The rich Doorways form one of the most important features of late Norman work.
attributive.1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Door-way-plane, the space between the door-way, properly so called, and the larger door-arch~way within which it is placed. It is often richly ornamented with sculptured figures.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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