threshold

🇬🇧 UK/'θreʃәuld/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

The strip at the bottom of a doorway; the entrance to a place; the point at which something begins or a minimum level is reached.

门槛;入口;开端,起点;(感知或反应的)阈值

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
threshother
+
oldother
=threshold

Common Collocations

  • 1.pain threshold痛觉阈值
  • 2.on the threshold of处于……的门槛/前夕
  • 3.cross the threshold跨过门槛
  • 4.threshold level临界水平

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She paused at the threshold of the old house, hesitant to step inside.

  • 2.

    The country is on the threshold of a major economic transformation.

  • 3.

    People with a low pain threshold tend to feel discomfort more intensely than others.

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