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barn door

/bɑːrn dɔːr/

翻译: 谷仓的大门,通常为滑动门或铰链门,用于进出。也用于成语“马跑了才关谷仓门”,比喻采取措施为时已晚。

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/bɑːrn dɔːr/B1informal
  • zh谷仓的大门,通常为滑动门或铰链门,用于进出。也用于成语“马跑了才关谷仓门”,比喻采取措施为时已晚。

A large door on a barn, often sliding or hinged, used for access. Also used figuratively in the phrase 'close the barn door after the horse has bolted,' meaning to take preventive action too late.

  1. Large sliding doorA2formal

    A large, often sliding door used to close the entrance of a barn.

    zh谷仓大门

    • The farmer slid the barn door shut before the storm.
    • The old barn door creaked loudly in the wind.
    • He painted the barn door a bright red color.
  2. Missed target (idiom)B2informalamerican

    Used in the phrase 'can't hit the broad side of a barn door' to describe someone who is a very poor shot.

    zh打不中目标(习语)

    • He's such a bad shot, he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door.
    • The archer missed the target completely; he couldn't hit a barn door.
    • Don't let him shoot; he can't hit a barn door from ten feet away.