| 词汇 | gatepost |
| 释义 | gatepostWord family adjectivegatedgatelessnoungatinggatecrashergated communitygatefoldgatehousegatekeepergatepostgatewaygateverbgatecrash Household, Construction gate·post /ˈɡeɪtpəʊst $ -poʊst/ noun [countableC] 1. DHTBCone of two strong upright poles set in the ground to support a gate 〔大门两边的〕门柱 2. between you, me, and the gatepostme, and the gatepost between you British EnglishBrE spokenSECRET used to say that you are going to tell someone your opinion, but you want it to be a secret 我私下跟你说 Examples from the Corpus gatepost• Soon he was cannoning off lime trees and, as they passed the second gates, crashed into the left-hand gatepost.• When we stood back it looked just like an ordinary gatepost.• The taxi driver was squatting by one of Bonefish's gateposts where he surreptitiously smoked a cigarette.• Henry hung around for a few minutes then gave the gatepost a kick and went home.• Sailors returning home stuck a pineapple or two on their gateposts to tell the community they were back and welcomed visitors. |
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