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单词 doormat
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Definition of doormat in English:

doormat

nounˈdɔːmatˈdɔrmæt
  • 1A mat placed in a doorway, on which people can wipe their shoes on entering a building.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I had to brush myself down and stomp my feet on the doormat.
    • The doorway next to hers has a green doormat and a pink tricycle propped beside it.
    • Well, coming back to the exhibition, each stall has something new to offer from doormats to curtains to decoration items.
    • Town hall bills will land on doormats a month before a general election next May, coinciding with local elections.
    • ‘Thanks,’ I smile up at Grace and walk into the room, remembering to politely wipe my feet on a doormat.
    • Finally, you'll need a small rag or doormat to clean your shoes if you're bouldering outdoors.
    • Leaflets, reply postcards and background information will drop on people's doormats in the run-up to Christmas to help city politicians set the council tax level.
    • Wiping your feet on a good doormat reduces the amount of lead in a typical carpet by a factor of six, according to the researchers.
    • The group is looking at manufacturing doormats and shoe soles out of recycled footwear.
    • Polls will start to arrive on your doormats later this month.
    • She passed out carpet samples the size of doormats so we wouldn't be stretched out on the cold tile floor and we'd each gravitate to favorite spots in the room.
    • The first landed on doormats yesterday as part of the biggest ever all-postal voting pilot scheme which is designed to increase turnout.
    • It consists mainly of fibres, which have traditionally been used to manufacture rope, carpets, doormats, etc.
    • Many of the building elements, including floor tiles and rubber doormats, are made from recycled materials.
    • Political messages have been dropping on doormats nearly every day.
    • ‘We will be in there before the tax returns fall on to people's doormats on April 7,’ he added.
    • Those seeking to look beyond outfits can look at cotton doormats, dhurries, aprons, gloves and dining tablemats - some of the many kitchen accessories that are on display.
    • At the threshold, the boys carefully wipe their feet, not just on the outside doormat, but on the inside one, too.
    • A helicopter landing pad covered the roof, an underground port held space for watercraft, and a vacuuming doormat whisked dirt from visitors' shoes.
    • Leaflets lifting the boil warning were due to arrive on doormats by Friday and plans were also made for loudspeaker announcements until 9pm last Thursday.
    Synonyms
    rug, runner, carpet, drugget
    1. 1.1 A submissive person who allows others to dominate them.
      to put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or a doormat
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If your parents are nice people who do not assert themselves, no doubt you will grow up to be one of life's doormats.
      • If you let yourself be treated as a doormat, then people will treat you as a doormat.
      • And we must not, under any circumstance, allow ourselves to become a doormat for the other person.
      • But judging by her speech, her own feelings appear to be very personally etched all over her address which included a strong message for women to be anything but doormats.
      • People who behave outrageously often get away with it because they know most people are more afraid of conflict than of being doormats.

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Definition of doormat in US English:

doormat

nounˈdɔrmætˈdôrmat
  • 1A mat placed in a doorway, on which people can wipe their shoes on entering a building.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A helicopter landing pad covered the roof, an underground port held space for watercraft, and a vacuuming doormat whisked dirt from visitors' shoes.
    • Leaflets, reply postcards and background information will drop on people's doormats in the run-up to Christmas to help city politicians set the council tax level.
    • ‘Thanks,’ I smile up at Grace and walk into the room, remembering to politely wipe my feet on a doormat.
    • Wiping your feet on a good doormat reduces the amount of lead in a typical carpet by a factor of six, according to the researchers.
    • Polls will start to arrive on your doormats later this month.
    • It consists mainly of fibres, which have traditionally been used to manufacture rope, carpets, doormats, etc.
    • She passed out carpet samples the size of doormats so we wouldn't be stretched out on the cold tile floor and we'd each gravitate to favorite spots in the room.
    • Political messages have been dropping on doormats nearly every day.
    • Leaflets lifting the boil warning were due to arrive on doormats by Friday and plans were also made for loudspeaker announcements until 9pm last Thursday.
    • At the threshold, the boys carefully wipe their feet, not just on the outside doormat, but on the inside one, too.
    • The first landed on doormats yesterday as part of the biggest ever all-postal voting pilot scheme which is designed to increase turnout.
    • The group is looking at manufacturing doormats and shoe soles out of recycled footwear.
    • Those seeking to look beyond outfits can look at cotton doormats, dhurries, aprons, gloves and dining tablemats - some of the many kitchen accessories that are on display.
    • Many of the building elements, including floor tiles and rubber doormats, are made from recycled materials.
    • ‘We will be in there before the tax returns fall on to people's doormats on April 7,’ he added.
    • Town hall bills will land on doormats a month before a general election next May, coinciding with local elections.
    • The doorway next to hers has a green doormat and a pink tricycle propped beside it.
    • Finally, you'll need a small rag or doormat to clean your shoes if you're bouldering outdoors.
    • Well, coming back to the exhibition, each stall has something new to offer from doormats to curtains to decoration items.
    • I had to brush myself down and stomp my feet on the doormat.
    Synonyms
    rug, runner, carpet, drugget
    1. 1.1 A submissive person who allows others to dominate them.
      to put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or a doormat
      Example sentencesExamples
      • People who behave outrageously often get away with it because they know most people are more afraid of conflict than of being doormats.
      • If you let yourself be treated as a doormat, then people will treat you as a doormat.
      • If your parents are nice people who do not assert themselves, no doubt you will grow up to be one of life's doormats.
      • And we must not, under any circumstance, allow ourselves to become a doormat for the other person.
      • But judging by her speech, her own feelings appear to be very personally etched all over her address which included a strong message for women to be anything but doormats.
 
 
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