threshold
🇬🇧 UK/'θreʃәuld/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLB1
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 Englishthreshother
+
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.