-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

单词	-gate
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
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