"doorstops" in Chinese (Simplified)
门挡
Definition
放在门旁或安装在门上的小物品,用来保持门开着、关着或防止其撞到墙上。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
一般指实际固定门的物品,有时也可幽默地指其他作为门挡的重物。形容厚书时也可用'门挡'作比喻。如:‘橡胶门挡’、‘铁门挡’。
Examples
We use doorstops to keep the classroom door open.
我们用**门挡**让教室的门保持打开。
The hotel room has two doorstops on the floor.
酒店房间地板上有两个**门挡**。
Please put the doorstops back when you finish cleaning.
打扫完后请把**门挡**放回去。
We had to use books as doorstops because we couldn’t find the real ones.
我们找不到真正的**门挡**,只好用书充当。
That old brick has turned into one of the most useful doorstops at my place.
那块旧砖头成了我家最有用的**门挡**之一。
Honestly, I think that huge novel could double as one of my doorstops.
说真的,那本巨大的小说都能当我的**门挡**用了。