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gate
1[ geyt ]
noun
- a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- an opening permitting passage through an enclosure.
- a tower, architectural setting, etc., for defending or adorning such an opening or for providing a monumental entrance to a street, park, etc.:
the gates of the walled city;
the palace gate.
- any means of access or entrance:
The gate to stardom is talent.
- a mountain pass.
- any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a road or railroad crossing.
- a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship.
- a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe; valve.
- Skiing.
- an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart.
- the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski.
- the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc.
- the total receipts from such admissions.
- Cell Biology. a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell.
- Movies. film gate.
- a sash or frame for a saw or gang of saws.
- Metallurgy.
- Also called ingate. a channel or opening in a mold through which molten metal is poured into the mold cavity.
- the waste metal left in such a channel after hardening.
- Electronics.
- a signal that makes an electronic circuit operative or inoperative either for a certain time interval or until another signal is received.
- Also called logic gate. a circuit with one output that is activated only by certain combinations of two or more inputs.
verb (used with object)
- (at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds.
- Electronics.
- to control the operation of (an electronic device) by means of a gate.
- to select the parts of (a wave signal) that are within a certain range of amplitude or within certain time intervals.
verb (used without object)
- Metallurgy. to make or use a gate.
gate
2[ geyt ]
noun
- Archaic. a path; way.
- North England and Scot.. habitual manner or way of acting.
-gate
3- a combining form extracted from Watergate, occurring as the final element in journalistic coinages, usually nonce words, that name scandals resulting from concealed crime or other alleged improprieties in government or business:
Koreagate.
-gate
1combining form
- indicating a person or thing that has been the cause of, or is associated with, a public scandal
Camillagate
Irangate
gate
2/ 伞别瑟迟 /
noun
- a movable barrier, usually hinged, for closing an opening in a wall, fence, etc
- an opening to allow passage into or out of an enclosed place
- any means of entrance or access
- a mountain pass or gap, esp one providing entry into another country or region
- the number of people admitted to a sporting event or entertainment
- the total entrance money received from them
- (in a large airport) any of the numbered exits leading to the airfield or aircraft
passengers for Paris should proceed to gate 14
- horse racing short for starting gate
- electronics
- a logic circuit having one or more input terminals and one output terminal, the output being switched between two voltage levels determined by the combination of input signals
- a circuit used in radar that allows only a fraction of the input signal to pass
- the electrode region or regions in a field-effect transistor that is biased to control the conductivity of the channel between the source and drain
- a component in a motion-picture camera or projector that holds each frame flat and momentarily stationary behind the lens
- a slotted metal frame that controls the positions of the gear lever in a motor vehicle
- rowing a hinged clasp to prevent the oar from jumping out of a rowlock
- a frame surrounding the blade or blades of a saw
verb
- to provide with a gate or gates
- to restrict (a student) to the school or college grounds as a punishment
- to select (part of a waveform) in terms of amplitude or time
gate
3/ 伞别瑟迟 /
noun
- the channels by which molten metal is poured into a mould
- the metal that solidifies in such channels
gate
4/ 伞别瑟迟 /
noun
- a way, road, street, or path
- a way or method of doing something
Derived Forms
- 藞驳补迟别濒别蝉蝉, adjective
- 藞驳补迟别藢濒颈办别, adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gate1
Origin of gate2
Origin of gate3
Origin of gate4
Idioms and Phrases
- get the gate, Slang. to be dismissed, sent away, or rejected.
- give (someone) the gate, Slang.
- to reject (a person), as one's fianc茅, lover, or friend.
- to dismiss from one's employ:
They gave him the gate because he was caught stealing.
More idioms and phrases containing gate
see crash the gate ; give someone the air (gate) .Example Sentences
In one of the most serious attacks, gunmen opened fired on Toulon's La Farlede prison gate with a Kalashnikov on 15 April.
An abandoned police truck stationed outside the gates was set on fire.
The one is not as horrible a post as it used to be since Churchill Downs built a 20-horse gate, meaning the one horse isn鈥檛 right against the rail.
The sound of rushing water echoed from the walls as an ankle-deep stream flowed from the portal and cascaded into a churning pool beneath metal gates.
"The problem was, there were six gates open when there should have been 12," he says, suggesting people underestimated his fans' dedication.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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