gate

出处：按学科分类—医药、卫生 天津大学出版社《汉英英汉中医大辞典》第900页（546字）

【释义】：

Ⅰ n．①门，大门，出入口②狭长通道Ⅱ v．①给…装门②用门控制

at the gate(s)of death奄奄一息

(the)excessive fire from the gate of life命门火旺

the blocking gate阑门

the gate of life命门

warm and recuperate the gate of life温补命门

The lower Dantian is the gate of respiration．下丹田为呼吸之门。

The insufficiency of the kidney-yang may lead to the decline of the fire from the gate of life．肾阳不足可致命门火衰。