Threshold

(noun.) the smallest detectable sensation.

(noun.) the starting point for a new state or experience; 'on the threshold of manhood'.

校对:威拉德

• Somewhat daunted by this reception, Jo hesitated on the threshold, murmuring in much embarrassment. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The women's faces, as she paused interrogatively on the threshold, were a study in hesitation. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• And today was the white, snowy iridescent threshold of all possibility. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Afterwards the door opened, and Fairway appeared on the threshold, accompanied by Christian and another. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The wonder and consternation with which Joe stopped on the threshold of his bite and stared at me, were too evident to escape my sister's observation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• As Tarzan stood upon the threshold brooding, D'Arnot had entered the cabin. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It brought me to the very threshold of the old door. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The dark mark of fate and doom was on the threshold--the tall old threshold surmounted by coronets and caned heraldry. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• That course, for the moment, led merely to Miss Bart's boarding-house; but its shabby door-step had suddenly become the threshold of the untried. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Making free with neither bell nor knocker, he struck upon the door with the top of his staff, and, having listened, sat down on the threshold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He had again moved toward the door, and in her instinctive shrinking from him she let him regain command of the threshold. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Once more, Miss Verinder appeared on the threshold, in her pretty summer dress. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• On the threshold she turned and paused for his kiss. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• It stood on the threshold of the parlour there, then it passed to the counting-house, and wondered which spot was blessed by the presence of Robert. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He had squared himself on the threshold, his hands thrust deep in his pockets. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The birds were chirping, perched on the windows sills and deserted thresholds of the doors. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

整理:莱克格斯