释义 |
turnstileturn‧stile /ˈtɜːnstaɪl $ ˈtɜːrn-/ noun [countable] - At the turnstiles my bag, containing a snack for half-time, was searched.
- Fifty, sixty, a hundred thousand people came streaming through the turnstiles every day.
- Finally the guard steps aside and motions him through the turnstile.
- He bypasses the turnstile and goes behind a partition that separates the platform from a space behind it.
- The League also refused to allow concessions to unemployed supporters at the turnstiles.
- The man in the booth did something to the turnstile, then we all pushed in.
- The sentry checked its authenticity then activated the electronic turnstile.
- Workers in many stations allowed passengers through the turnstiles without the usual 15-cent tickets.
a small gate that spins around and only lets one person at a time go through an entrance → revolving door: We’ve had 600,000 admissions through the turnstiles. |