Undervest

Definition

turnstile /'tɜ:nstaÇl/ n တစ္ႀကိမ္လွ်င္လူတစ္ေယာက္သာဝင္ႏိုင္ထြက္ႏိုင္ေသာ ဆံုလည္ဂိတ္။ (တိရစၧာန္႐ံုဝင္ေပါက္စသည္တို႔တြင္ ထားေလ့ရိွသည္။ )

Examples

1. ‘The club will be selling tickets to alleviate congestion on the turnstiles and once again the ground will be segregated into four different areas.’
2. ‘Not only had admission prices soared to 20 euros but you couldn't get anywhere near the turnstiles to pay.’
3. ‘Just 20 months ago Vanessa Hodkinson could not fit into airline seats or get through turnstiles
4. let alone sit in a cinema seat.’
5. ‘I got there in plenty of time. Queues were snaking through the turnstiles and I have to admit that I was getting some funny looks.’
6. ‘I pass the ‘Serious Assault’ sign to enter the tube station
7. grabbing a paper as I reach the turnstiles.’
8. ‘An estimated 150
9. 000 commuters passed through its turnstiles every day
10. many of them on their way to work on Wall Street.’
11. ‘About 100
12. 000 people are expected to pass through the turnstiles before the event finishes on Thursday evening.’
13. ‘An acoustic bass struggles to pass through the turnstile.’
14. ‘Fewer people through the turnstiles means less money to spend on players
15. leading to poorer performances and results
16. and yet lower crowds.’
17. ‘There are two queues for the turnstiles at gate three
18. one from the north and one from the south.’
19. ‘The United supporters arrived and broke down the turnstiles - there were 11
20. 000 in the ground when we stopped counting.’
21. ‘When we got to the turnstiles
22. I discovered what my presence on the night was worth to the home team…’
23. ‘At the local football club the floodlights
24. turnstiles
25. ticket machines and showers in the changing rooms are all linked to the sun.’
26. ‘My colleague spotted him right away
27. heading through the turnstiles at the train station.’
28. ‘Home fans in that area will only be allowed to use turnstiles W3 to W10 and must buy their tickets in advance.’
29. ‘For this season's league games
30. the Bootham Crescent turnstiles click
31. on average
32. a mere 2
33. 600 times.’
34. ‘New turnstiles with counters will be installed at O'Moore Park in the near future.’
35. ‘The idiots had reckoned on half a million turning up every year
36. but in 2004 only 30
37. 000 went through the turnstiles.’
38. ‘An usher had approached her and offered her a free pass through the turnstile for $100.’
39. ‘Problems with their turnstiles Rangers may have had yesterday
40. but sending Dundee into a spin present no obvious difficulties.’