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doorstop    
n. 制门过开的钩环

制门过开的钩环

doorstop
n 1: a stop that keeps open doors from moving [synonym: {doorstop},
{doorstopper}]

doorstop \door"stop`\, n. (Carp.)
The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops,
at the right place, the shutting of a door; any object used
to stop open doors from moving.
[1913 Webster]

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "doorstop":
arrest, bearing rein, bit, brake, chain, check, checkrein, chock,
clog, countercheck, curb, curb bit, damper, drag, drag sail,
drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, fetter, holdback, martingale,
pelham, remora, scotch, sea anchor, shackle, snaffle, spoke, stay,
stop, trammel

Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway
expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept
around for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup. "When
we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a
doorstop."

Compare {boat anchor}.

[{Jargon File}]



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