doormat是什么意思？

doormat

英[ˈdɔ:mæt] 美[ˈdɔrmæt]

• n. 门前地垫；

复数：doormats;

例句

• It made him feel powerful that one of the Corleones was his doormat. 考利昂家的人由他踩在脚下,任其踢打,他感到自己很了不起.
• He concealed his key under the doormat. 他将钥匙藏在门前擦鞋垫下.
• She's born doormat. 她天生是个受气包。
• If you always give in to others you will end up feeling like a doormat. 如果你总是屈服于人，你最终会觉得自己像一个受气包。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  门口地垫;门口擦鞋垫
  A doormat is a mat by a door which people can wipe their shoes on when they enter a house or building.
• N-COUNT
  受气包;逆来顺受的可怜虫
  If you say that someone is a doormat, you are criticizing them because they let other people treat them badly, and do not complain or defend themselves when they are being treated unfairly.
  例句
  If you always give in to others you will end up feeling like a doormat. 如果你总是屈服于人，你最终会觉得自己像一个受气包。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
  2. a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering