doortodoorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

副詞

door to door (not comparable)

1. (by metonymy) From one household or business to the next.

   He carried the petition door to door, collecting signatures.

   He sold magazine subscriptions at inflated prices door to door.

   Selling door to door is the best training - and test - for a new salesman.

2. (by metonymy) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.

   The trip takes sixteen hours door to door.

   1. (by further extension) From shipper to recipient.

      The express company could only handle shipments door to door on the West Coast, needing others to reach the rest of the country.

   2. (by further extension) From inception to final completion.

      It was purely a CIA operation, door to door.

形容詞

door to door (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of door-to-door

別の表記

• door to door
• D2D (abbreviation)

発音

形容詞

door-to-door (not comparable)

1. Going from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something.
2. Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house.
   • 1959 November, “The British Association looks at British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 545:

     They must secure a higher share of the consumer goods which require transport not from siding-to-siding, but door-to-door.

Further reading

• “door-to-door”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.