Doorstep

(n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

整理:拉尔夫

• He had determined to wait till the chance presented itself naturally; and here it was, and here he was on the doorstep. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• And now I'll be too late with a murder done on my own doorstep. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Squatted on the doorstep, he was engaged in most carefully examining that which the man had brought from the house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• You can see for yourself that anyone going out through that open window could reach the front doorstep by taking a long stride. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I sank on the wet doorstep: I groaned--I wrung my hands--I wept in utter anguish. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• On the doorstep he stood still, remembering a phrase of Lily's: It seems to me you spend a good deal of time in the element you disapprove of. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• When the girl got into the open street, she sat down upon a doorstep; and seemed, for a few moments, wholly bewildered and unable to pursue her way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• At last she set her basket down on a doorstep, and began arranging the old, faded shawl which covered her shoulders. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I left him, said Mike, a setting on some doorsteps round the corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I thought to myself, as we descended the doctor's doorsteps. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Hounds and horsemen disappear, and little Rawdon remains on the doorsteps, wondering and happy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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