单词 | entrance |
释义 | en·trance I. 1. a. < looked up at her entrance into the room > < the entrance of the army into the city > < made an entrance through the window > < the entrance of air and sunshine is desirable > b. < all entrances to the city are guarded by armed men > < ships threaded their way down this narrow entrance into the bay > c. < so many … were trying to copy that entrance — Barnaby Conrad > < though he had given no thought to an entrance, he could not have perfected a better one — Hamilton Basso > 2. a. < made his entrance into office one month after the election > < the entrance of new firms into a highly competitive field > < marked the nation's entrance into the role of a great power > < a country's entrance into war > < entrance into college was a great event in his life > b. < schools of nursing are the principal entrance to the profession > < books were for the child the entrance to a new and kindlier world > 3. < applied for entrance at a number of schools > < he did not have the price … but figured he could wangle an entrance — H.A.Sinclair > 4. < at the entrance of the night silence fell upon the village > < at the entrance of the holiday season an unwonted bustle and activity began > 5. capitalized 6. a. < a difficult entrance > b. < a ragged entrance > 7. 8. a. b. II. 1. < the loud, rapid breathing of the entranced medium — A.G.N.Flew > 2. < the beauty of the land entranced them — Joseph Baily > < able to hold an audience entranced for 20 minutes at a time — W.S.Maugham > |
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