| 词汇 | doormat |
| 释义 | doormat noun[ C ] uk /ˈdɔː.mæt/ us /ˈdɔːr.mæt/ doormatnoun[C] (MAT)a piece of thick material that is put on the floor by a door, used to clean your shoes on when you go into a building门口地垫，蹭鞋垫 windy55/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Carpets, rugs & other floor coverings bath mat carpet carpet tile carpeted carpeting coconut matting fitter linoleum mat matting parquet Persian rug pile rug runner shag throw rug uncarpeted underlay wall-to-wall doormatnoun[C] (PERSON)informaldisapproving a person who accepts being treated badly and does not complain: 受气包，出气筒 He may be selfish and insensitive, but she is a doormat.他可能有些自私、感觉迟钝，但她也有点太逆来顺受了。 Treating people or animals badly a raw dealidiom abuser anti-harassment at the hands of someoneidiom batten batten on someone ill-treat ill-treatment ill-used impose inflict prey on something put someone through something put upon reduce uncared for use victimization victimize victimology doormat | American Dictionarydoormat noun[ C ] us/ˈdɔrˌmæt, ˈdoʊr-/ a piece of usually rough material outside a door to a house or apartment where people can clean their shoes before entering Examples of doormatdoormat Two rooms even have doormats in front of them. Bills that are two, three and four times the previous size are now hitting the doormats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The parents were unaware of those huge bills until they dropped on their doormats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Criticism of them rises at an even faster rate than does the rise of the rate demands that drop on the nation's doormats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them feel, particularly in relation to education officers, that they are being treated little differently from doormats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, metering has been introduced in a dozen or so areas and the bills are now hitting the doormats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although we may curse the ever larger quantities of such post that lands on our doormats, it is a highly profitable part of post office business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As council tax bills land with a loud and disappointing thud on people's doormats, we should reflect on the failure to increase take-up of council tax benefits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Things are beamed into their living rooms or delivered on to their doormats, so the bonding in society that is often a precondition of voting does not take place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To show a misogynist and surround him with such walking doormats has the effect, intentional or not, of justifying this behaviour. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A "facility" might be a doormat or it might be a common entrance which was divided two feet inside the building. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A bill for a £15 a week increase will arrive on the doormat at the same time as the poll tax bill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has not actually received it, but doubtless it will be sitting on his doormat when he gets home or wherever it should be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is £100 any compensation for what might happen to a family when a letter accusing a man of fathering a child arrives on the doormat? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not indefensible that there is no link at all between consumption and the bill that lands on the doormat? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. 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