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win.dow[`wɪndo; ˈwindou]可数名词1 a. 窗an arched ~拱形窗a blank [blind, false] ~假窗open [pull up] a ~打开窗子shut [close] a ~关窗let down a ~放下窗子look out of [(美)look out] a ~ 从窗子向外看I saw a light in the ~.我看到窗内的灯光b. 窗边sit by [at] a ~坐在窗边sit in a ~坐于 (凸出的) 窗子处2 a. (商店的) 橱窗, 陈列窗display goods in the ~在橱窗内展示商品b. (银行、售票处等的) 窗口a cashier's ~出纳窗口a ticket ~售票口3 a. 窗框 (window frame)b. 窗玻璃 (windowpane)Who broke the ~ ?.谁打破了窗玻璃?4 往外开的东西A foreign language is a ~ on the world.外语是开向世界之窗The eyes are the ~s of the mind.(谚)眼睛是心灵之窗5 (开窗信封的) 窗子(贴有透明纸的部分, 可看到里面信件的收件人姓名、地址; cf. window envelope)【字源】源自斯堪的那维亚语 (Scandinavian) “风眼” (wind eye) 的意思. 古代没有玻璃, 为了通风或守望, 在房屋的墙壁上开像眼睛那么小的洞孔, 风从这些洞孔吹进来, 因而以此语称窗 |