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/ˈɡeɪt.kiːp/
동사
To control or limit access to something.
용법- 타동사
To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
용법- 타동사
To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
용법- broadly
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명사
A gatekeeper.
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더 많은 예문 (1)
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.
A gentleman stopped his horse at a toll-gate and not seeing the gatekeep went into the house.
Though there was a moment of anxiety, a generous bribe persuaded the gatekeep to overlook their expired passports and they rode into Calais.
더 많은 예문 (1)
“At least those doxies don't fancy themselves the gatekeeps of God, like the priest.” Margit said.