单词	gatekeeper
释义	gatekeeper /ˈɡeɪtkiːpə / noun 1 (also gateman) An attendant employed to control who goes through a gate.To use it, the gateman had to lower the gates while he left the tower.... The umpires, linesmen and gatemen and ‘everyone else’ were thanked too while the faithful supporters were not forgotten either. The device will warn road users and gatemen of the approaching train by emitting a siren and through flashing lights. 1.1A person or thing that controls access to something: GPs can act as gatekeepers, filtering demands made on hospital services... All these stories involve media gatekeepers expressing anxiety about losing control of the gate. A first gatekeeper, controlling the first router, and a second gatekeeper, controlling the second router, together mediate the process of setting up the call. Western gatekeepers thus controlled the axis of appropriation. 2An orange and brown European butterfly with small eyespots on the wings, frequenting hedgerows and woods. Also called hedge brown. Pyronia tithonus, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae.
随便看	Tobago Tobagonian -to-be to beat all ——s to beat the band to begin with to be going on with to be honest to be on (also at) the receiving end to be on the safe side to be sure Tobin tax Tobit to bits toboggan tobogganer tobogganing tobogganist tobramycin Tobruk toby Toby jug tobyman TOC to call one's own

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