gatekeep

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gatekeeper.
    — Similar remarks had passed the cherry-stained lips a hundred times, and this one was brought on just after the gatekeep at the north postern of Bull Joy had slyly given the wink behind "her husband's" broad back.
动词 v.
  1. To control or limit access to something.
  2. To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
  3. To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness. broadly

词形变化

gatekeeps present,singular,third-person gatekeeping participle,present gatekept participle,past gatekept past gate-keep alternative gatekeeps plural gate-keep alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
gatekeeper gate-keepy
相关词
no true Scotsman fallacy

词源

词源 1
From gate + keep, as back-formation from gatekeeper.
词源 2
From gate + keep, as back-formation from gatekeeper.
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