1. C 门，栅栏门　 a movable frame, often with bars across it, which closes an opening in a fences, wall, etc., and provides a way of entering or leaving a usually outdoor place
2. C 登机口　 an entrance or way out, especially in an airport
3. C 入场费，门票收入；观众人数　 the money paid by these people; the number of people who go in to see a sports even, especially a football match

　break a ～　撬开门，打开门
　build a ～　建造大门
　chain a ～　用链条把大门锁上
　close the ～　关上大门
　crash through a ～　撞门而入
　drive through a ～　驶过大门
　get the ～　被解雇
　give sb the ～　赶走〔解雇〕某人
　go one's own ～　独立行动，自行其是
　go through the ～　穿过大门
　jump over the ～　跳越栅门
　keep a ～　关闭门户
　kick open a ～　踢开大门
　leave a ～ open　敞开大门
　lock a ～　锁门
　make a ～　制作大门
　open a ～ to sb　给某人以便利〔机会〕
　open the ～　打开大门
　pass one's ～　从门前经过
　pass through the ～　进门
　shut a ～　关闭门户
　throw open a ～　使大门敞开
　walk through a ～　穿过大门
　back ～　后门
　front ～　前门
　locked ～　上锁的大门
　main ～　大门，正门
　open ～　开着的门
　starting ～　（赛马的）起跑栅门
　unlocked ～　没上锁的大门
　wooden ～　木制大门
　farm ～　农场大门
　flood ～　水闸门
　garden ～　花园大门
　iron ～　铁门
　～ keeper　看门人
　～ money　入场费，门票费
　at a ～　在大门口
　on the ～　在门上
　outside the ～　在门外
　within the ～　在门里面
　～ of a walled city　城门

　He commanded that all the gates be shut.　他命令关闭所有的大门。
　They need such a timber to build the gate of their school.　他们需要这种木料来做学校大门。
　He batted the gate with his hand.　他用手敲打院门。
　The truck only just cleared the gate.　卡车刚好能从大门中间穿过。
　They blocked the compound gate. No one of the bandits got away.　他们堵住大门，匪徒一个也没跑掉。
　He jumped over the gate into the field.　他跳过栅门进入田野。
　He opened the garden gate and went up to the door of the house.　他打开花园的门而走向房屋的门。
　The horse is tied to a gate.　这马拴在门口。
　Who is that standing in that gate?　站在大门口的人是谁?
　Our flight is boarding at gate number 12.　我们的航班在12号门登机。
　There was a gate of thousands.　观众成千上万。
　The two teams divided a gate of $3250.　两队平分3250美元的票房收入。
　Shut your gate.　闭嘴。
　Hard work is the gate to success.　努力工作是成功的必经之路。

 ♣ get the gate
　被解雇，被开除；被赶走　be fired; be driven away
　〔说明〕 get the gate本身已含有被动含义，故不用于被动结构。
　He was very careless in his work, so that he really deserved to get the gate.　他工作极不细心，所以他被开除是应该的。
 ♣ give the gate
1. 赶走…，将…解雇 drive sb away; fire sb
　The ball team give him the gate because he never came to practice.　球队把他解雇了，因为他从不到队练球。
2. 冷落；抛弃 leave sb out in the cold; discard
　Though they went together for two years, she finally met someone she liked better and gave George the gate.　尽管他们来往已有两年，但她后来遇到了更为喜欢的人便把乔治抛弃了。
 ♣ like a bull at a gate
　凶猛地；鲁莽地　in a clumsy way
　Try to approach her the right way. She's dead if scared of policemen and you will get nothing out of her if you go at it like a bull at a gate.　要用恰当的方式接近她，她对警察怕得要命，如果你来得粗暴，你休想从她那里掏出什么情报。

 ♣ gate, door
　参见door条。
 ♣ gate, gateway
　这两个词意思并不相同。gate通常指城门、闸门等，或指学校、工厂、体育场等的大门；而gateway一般指由房子通往大门(gate)或大门通往外界的“通道”“门户”“大门口”。gateway还可引申指办事的“方法”“手段”等。例如：
　He commanded that all the gates be shut.　他命令关闭所有的大门。
　Don't stand there blocking the gateway!　不要站在那儿挡住门口！
　Hard work is the gateway to success.　努力工作是通往成功之路。
 ♣ 下面两个短语意思不同：

　gate　还表示“城楼”。例如：
　Tian An Men Gate　天安门城楼。

　［同义词］ door, doorway, entrance, exit, passage, port
　［词源］　古英语geat（门，通路）