His job as god of doorways was to oversee the beginnings of things, symbolized by passing through a doorway.

他作为门神的工作是检查事物的开端，象征性地通过一道门。

youdao

And here was his hand, twisted free of the chain, and here he was running and crawling, until he was through a doorway.

他的手三扭两扭就挣脱了锁链，他发足狂奔连跑带爬，直到穿过一个门洞才停下脚步。

youdao

The root of his name is thought to come from an Indo-European root ei meaning “to go,” again, as one does through a doorway.

他的名字的来源被认为是来自印欧语系的一个词根，意为“向前走”，再一次的，需要经过一道门。

youdao

Perhaps she had already passed out by the time he stood up, or perhaps she came in after he left, through a second doorway, from the living room.

NEWYORKER: Trial by Fire

On the way out, I glanced through an open doorway, into a dim cafeteria with yellow brick walls.

NEWYORKER: Election, Monitored

Elbov gave the fool a kick and he went flying through the doorway and rolled down the stairs.

NEWYORKER: So It Is in Life