-gate

suff. A scandal involving alleged illegal acts and often a cover-up, especially by government officials: Irangate.

[After Watergate.]

-gate

n combining form indicating a person or thing that has been the cause of, or is associated with, a public scandal: Irangate; Camillagate. [C20: on the analogy of Watergate]

gate¹

(geɪt)

n., v. gat•ed, gat•ing. n. 1. a movable barrier, usu. on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure. 2. an opening permitting passage through an enclosure. 3. a tower, architectural setting, etc., for defending or adorning such an opening or for providing a monumental entrance to a street, park, etc. 4. any means of access or entrance: the gate to success. 5. a mountain pass. 6. any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a railroad crossing. 7. starting gate. 8. a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship. 9. a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe; valve. 10. a. an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart. b. the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski. 11. the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc. 12. the total receipts from such admissions. 13. a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell. 14. a circuit with one output that is actuated only by certain combinations of two or more inputs. 15. the gate, rejection; dismissal: to give a boyfriend the gate. v.t. 16. (at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds. 17. to control the operation of (an electronic device) by means of a gate. [before 900; Old English geat (pl. gatu), c. Old Frisian gat hole, Old Saxon: eye of a needle; compare gate²]

gate²

(geɪt)

n. Archaic. a path; way. [1150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse gata path]

-gate

a combining form extracted from Watergate, occurring as the final element in journalistic coinages, usu. nonce words, that name scandals resulting from concealed crime or other improprieties in government or business: Irangate.

Translations

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释义	-gate -gate suff. A scandal involving alleged illegal acts and often a cover-up, especially by government officials: Irangate. [After Watergate.] -gate n combining form indicating a person or thing that has been the cause of, or is associated with, a public scandal: Irangate; Camillagate. [C20: on the analogy of Watergate] gate¹ (geɪt) n., v. gat•ed, gat•ing. n. 1. a movable barrier, usu. on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure. 2. an opening permitting passage through an enclosure. 3. a tower, architectural setting, etc., for defending or adorning such an opening or for providing a monumental entrance to a street, park, etc. 4. any means of access or entrance: the gate to success. 5. a mountain pass. 6. any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a railroad crossing. 7. starting gate. 8. a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship. 9. a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe; valve. 10. a. an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart. b. the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski. 11. the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc. 12. the total receipts from such admissions. 13. a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell. 14. a circuit with one output that is actuated only by certain combinations of two or more inputs. 15. the gate, rejection; dismissal: to give a boyfriend the gate. v.t. 16. (at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds. 17. to control the operation of (an electronic device) by means of a gate. [before 900; Old English geat (pl. gatu), c. Old Frisian gat hole, Old Saxon: eye of a needle; compare gate²] gate² (geɪt) n. Archaic. a path; way. [1150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse gata path] -gate a combining form extracted from Watergate, occurring as the final element in journalistic coinages, usu. nonce words, that name scandals resulting from concealed crime or other improprieties in government or business: Irangate. Translations EncyclopediaSeegate
随便看	think better of him think better of it think better of it/ think better of it/of doing something think better of it/(something) think better of me think better of one think better of somebody think better of someone think better of something think better of them think better of us think better of you think big think big, start small think-box think class library think college now think customers first think-drink effect thinker thinkers thinker, the think factory think fit

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