n (1) 1)大门((the metal，wooden，etc door like object which closes the) opening in a wall， fence，etc through which people pass into or out of a garden，park，city，etc)[C]：a wooden/iron～一扇木/铁门;the prison/garden～s监狱/园子的大门;the～of the city 城门; 2)出入口(洞)(entrance or way out)[C]：at the park/place～s在公园/皇宫门口;the～of the Mediterranean 地中海的出口; 3)阀(闸)门(similar movable barrier which controls a stream of water or other liquids)[C]：a lock/sluice～一扇船闸/水闸门;

(2)入(出)口(entrance or exit at an airport or railway station)[C]：proceed to～four走到四号口;board at～17 在17号登机口登机;

(3)(运动会等的)观众(总数)(total number of people who go to a sport event，esp a football match)[C]：a～of ten thousand上万的观众;a good/poor/large/small～很多/极少/大量/少量观众;have small～s 观众很少;

(4)门票收入(total admission receipts or attendance at a public spectacle)[C](或gate money)：～s for most of the football clubs 大多数足球俱乐部的门票收入;

→′gatecrash v 擅自进入，无票进入;′gatecrasher n 擅自(无票)进入者;

′gatehouse n 城门上面(或旁边)的房屋;(公园供看门人用的)门房;′gatekeeper n 看门人;′gatepost n 门柱;′gateway n 门(入)口;途径，方法，手段;

vt 不准(学生)外出(punish sb，esp a student at a university，by not allowing her or him to go out，esp in the evening)[T+n，T+n+prep (for)]：be～d for the rest of the term 该学期以后的时间被罚禁止外出