| 单词 | doorman |
| 释义 | doorman (once / 11773 pages) n A doorman's job involves being stationed near a door, to monitor the entrance and hold the door for people as they come and go. Fancy hotels and apartment buildings usually have a doorman. The doorman at the hotel where you're staying in New York might call a cab for you, or take your suitcase and find a bellhop to carry it to your room. The presence of a doorman can make a building feel more elegant, and also safer — one of a doorman's jobs is keeping an eye on things and providing security. In the UK, a doorman is also called a porter. WORD FAMILYdoorman: doormen USAGE EXAMPLESI lived in a building with a doorman who called me on the house-phone to say my date was here. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) “I live by myself, with no roommate and no doorman,” he said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) There are apps like Doorman that notify you when a package is delivered. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) n someone who guards an entrance Syn|Hypo|Hyper door guard, doorkeeper, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter commissionaire a uniformed doorman night portera porter on duty during the night ticket collector, ticket takersomeone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets guard a person who keeps watch over something or someone |
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