doorknock

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors, such as for a charity appeal. Australia,New-Zealand
    — Sometimes they were raffles, mostly they were doorknocks. I went on one of the doorknocks after Wendy talked me into it.
动词 v.
  1. To participate in a campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors; to knock on the door (of a house) during such a campaign. Australia,New-Zealand
    — 1979, Fatma Dharamsi, et al., Harlesden Community Project, Community Work And Caring For Children: A Community Project In An Inner City Local Authority, page 440, During the doorknocking local residents had talked about other issues.

词形变化

doorknocks plural doorknocks present,singular,third-person doorknocking participle,present doorknocked participle,past doorknocked past

词源

词源 1
From door + knock.
词源 2
From door + knock.
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