English-Thai Dictionary

threshold

N จุดเริ่มต้น  จุดเริ่ม ของ ประสบการณ์ หรือ เหตุการณ์ ใหม่ๆ  starting point jud-roem-ton

 

threshold

N ทางเข้า  entrance tang-kao

 

threshold

N ธร ณีประตู  doorsill tor-ra-ne-pra-tu

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THRESHOLD

Thresh "old, n. Etym: [OE. threswold, þreshwold, AS. þrescwald,þerscwald, þerscold, þrescold, fr. þrescan, þerscan, to thresh; akin to Icel. þreskjöde, þröskuldr, Sw. tröskel, Dan. tærskel. See Thrash. ]

 

1. The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.

 

2. Fig. : The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

threshold

thresh old |ˈTHreSHˌ (h )ōld ˈθrɛʃˌ (h )oʊld | ▶noun 1 a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room. • [ in sing. ] a point of entry or beginning: she was on the threshold of a dazzling career. • the beginning of an airport runway on which an aircraft is attempting to land. 2 the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested: nothing happens until the signal passes the threshold | [ as modifier ] : a threshold level. • the maximum level of radiation or a concentration of a substance considered to be acceptable or safe: their water would meet the safety threshold of 50 milligrams of nitrates per liter. • Physiology & Psychology a limit below which a stimulus causes no reaction: everyone has a different pain threshold. • a level, rate, or amount at which something comes into effect: the tax threshold has risen to $10,492 of adjusted gross income. ORIGIN Old English therscold, threscold; related to German dialect Drischaufel; the first element is related to thresh (in a Germanic sense ‘tread ’), but the origin of the second element is unknown.

 

Oxford Dictionary

threshold

threshold |ˈθrɛʃəʊld, ˈθrɛʃˌhəʊld | ▶noun 1 a strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room. • [ in sing. ] a point of entry or beginning: she was on the threshold of a dazzling career. • the beginning of an airport runway on which an aircraft is attempting to land. 2 the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested. • the maximum level of radiation or a concentration of a substance considered to be acceptable or safe. • the level at which one starts to feel or react to something: he has a low boredom threshold. • a level, rate, or amount at which something comes into effect: the inheritance tax threshold. ORIGIN Old English therscold, threscold; related to German dialect Drischaufel; the first element is related to thresh (in a Germanic sense ‘tread ’), but the origin of the second element is unknown.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

threshold

threshold noun 1 the threshold of the church: doorstep, doorway, entrance, entry, door, gate, gateway, portal, doorsill. 2 the threshold of a new era: start, beginning, commencement, brink, verge, cusp, dawn, inception, day one, opening, debut; informal kickoff. 3 the human threshold of pain: lower limit, minimum.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

threshold

threshold noun 1 they stood on the threshold of the church: doorstep, sill, doorsill, doorway, entrance, entry, way in, door, gate, gateway, portal, approach. 2 these young people are at the threshold of their careers: start, starting point, beginning, brink, verge, edge, dawn, birth, origin, inception, conception, opening, launch, inauguration, institution, initiation, debut, creation, day one; informal kick-off; formal commencement. ANTONYMS end. 3 100 dB is close to the human threshold of pain: lower limit, starting point, minimum, margin; Psychology limen. WORD LINKS threshold liminal relating to a threshold Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

threshold

thresh old /θréʃ h oʊld / (! -sho-は /ʃ h oʊ /) 名詞 複 ～s /-dz /C 1 敷居 , 戸口 ,鴨居 （かもい ）▸ cross the threshold of the office 事務所に入る 2 〖通例the ～〗出発点, 発端 ▸ a young woman on [at ] the threshold of a career 仕事を始めようとする若い女性 3 (何かが起きる 変化する )境界, 限界点 ;〘心 〙閾 （いき ）▸ have a high threshold of pain [pain threshold ]痛みを感じにくい ▸ have a low anger threshold 怒りを感じやすい (≒feel anger easily )