🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

门检查

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Mén jiǎnchá

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Door Check/dɔːr tʃɛk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"门检查确保门是关闭的。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device or mechanism that ensures a door closes properly and securely.

    "The door check prevented the strong wind from slamming the door open."
  2. 2

    A procedure to verify that a door is closed and locked.

    "Before leaving the building, the security team performed a door check."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'door check' combines 'door', derived from Old English 'duru', meaning an entrance or barrier, and 'check', from Old French 'eschequier', meaning to stop or restrain. The phrase evolved in the 20th century to refer to mechanisms that ensure doors close securely.

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