Window Glass Opportunity Open I N Count 可数名词 Front
The word "window" refers to an opening in a wall or vehicle that lets in light and allows one to see out; a large pane of glass at the front of a shop for displaying goods; a glazed opening at a counter in a bank or post office; a separate area on a computer screen; and a period of time available for an activity. It also forms phrases meaning "to disappear completely" or "a brief opportunity".
[N-COUNT 可数名词]窗;窗户 A window is a space in the wall of a building or in the side of a vehicle, which has glass in it so that light can come in and you can see out.
He stood at the window, moodily staring out...
他站在窗前,忧郁地凝视着外面。
The room felt very hot and she wondered why someone did not open a window...
房间里感觉很热,她纳闷怎么没人开窗子。
...my car window.
我的车窗
2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](商店的)玻璃橱窗,陈列窗 A window is a large piece of glass along the front of a shop, behind which some of the goods that the shop sells are displayed.
I stood for a few moments in front of the nearest shop window.
我在最近的一家商店的橱窗前站了一会儿。
3
[N-COUNT 可数名词](银行、邮局、火车站、博物馆等处柜台的)窗口 A window is a glass-covered opening above a counter, for example in a bank, post office, railway station, or museum, which the person serving you sits behind.
The woman at the ticket window told me that the admission fee was $17.50.
售票窗口那个女的告诉我入场费是17.50美元。
4
[N-COUNT 可数名词]窗口;视窗 On a computer screen, a window is one of the work areas that the screen can be divided into.
[COMPUTING 计算机]
5
[N-COUNT 可数名词](日程安排等中的)空当,空隙 If you have a window in your diary for something, or if you can make a window for it, you are free at a particular time and can do it then.
[usu sing]
Tell her I've got a window in my diary later on this week.
告诉她我这周晚些时候有空儿。
6
See also:
French window
;
picture window
;
rose window
;
7
[PHRASE 短语]消失殆尽;烟消云散;化为乌有 If you say that something such as a plan or a particular way of thinking or behaving has gone out of the window or has flown out of the window, you mean that it has disappeared completely.
[V inflects]
By now all logic had gone out of the window...
到这时根本就不讲什么逻辑了。
When he went, our happiness and our security flew out of the window.
他走后,我们幸福安稳的好日子便到头了。
8
[PHRASE 短语]转瞬即逝的机会;稍纵即逝的机会 If you say that there is a window of opportunity for something, you mean that there is an opportunity to do something but that this opportunity will only last for a short time and so it needs to be taken advantage of quickly.
[window inflects]
[JOURNALISM 新闻]
The king said there was now a window of opportunity for peace.
国王说现在有寻求和平的短暂机会。
Oxford
win·dow★/ˈwɪndəʊ; NAmEˈwɪndoʊ/noun1★an opening in the wall or roof of a building, car, etc, usually covered with glass, that allows light and air to come in and people to see out; the glass in a window 窗;窗户;窗口;窗玻璃◆She looked out of the window.她向窗外看去。◆to open/close the window打开╱关上窗户◆the bedroom/car/kitchen, etc. window卧室、汽车、厨房等的窗户◆a broken window破碎的窗玻璃☞see also
bay window
,
dormer window
,
French window
,
picture window
,
rose window
,
sash window
2★=
shop window
◆I saw the dress I wanted in the window.我在橱窗里看到了我想买的连衣裙。◆a window display橱窗陈列3★an area within a frame on a computer screen, in which a particular program is operating or in which information of a particular type is shown (计算机屏幕的)窗口,视窗◆to create/open a window建立╱打开窗口4★a small area of sth that you can see through, for example to talk to sb or read sth on the other side 墙上(或信封等上)开的窗形的口;透明窗口◆There was a long line of people at the box-office window.在售票处窗口外排了一长队人。◆The address must be clearly visible through the window of the envelope.从信封的透明窗必须能够看清楚地址。5[singular ]windowon/into sth a way of seeing and learning about sth 了解信息的渠道;窗口◆Television is a sort of window on the world.电视是了解世界的窗口。◆It gave me an intriguing window into the way people live.这为我提供了一个了解人们的生活方式的有趣窗口。6a time when there is an opportunity to do sth, although it may not last long 一丝机会;短暂的时机◆We now have a small window of opportunityin which to make our views known. 我们现在有一线机会使人了解我们的观点。IDIOMfly/go out (of) the ˈwindow( informal) to stop existing; to disappear completely 化为乌有;消失殆尽◆As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window.孩子们一到,一切就都乱了套。windowwindowswin·dow/ˈwɪndəʊ; NAmEˈwɪndoʊ/
1a space or an area of glass in the wall of a building or vehicle that lets in lightopen/close/shut a window Do you mind if I open the window?out of/from/through the window She looked out of the window to see if it was raining. The sun was shining through the windows.in the window (=just inside a window) We were looking at the Christmas displays in the shop windows.bedroom/kitchen etc window →
bay window
, dormer
, French windows
, picture window
, sash window
2one of the separate areas on a computer screen where different programs are operating3 (also window of opportunity) a short period of time that is available for a particular activity: Delay might open a window of opportunity for their rivals.4an area on an envelope with clear plastic in it which lets you see the address written on the letter inside the envelope5a window on/to the world something that makes it possible to see and learn about what is happening in other parts of the world: Television provides us with a useful window on the world.6go out (of) the window informal to disappear completely or no longer have any effect: One glass of wine, and all my good intentions went out the window.COLLOCATIONSverbsopen a window· I opened the window and breathed in the fresh air.close/shut a window· She shut the window firmly.roll up/down a window (=open or shut the window in a car)· Lucy rolled the window down and waved to him.look/gaze/stare out of the window· Mom stared out of the window at the road.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + windowopen· A breeze from the open window lifted her hair.closed/shut· All the windows were closed.a front window· I don't want people looking in my front window.a back window· The burglar had got in through one of the back windows.the rear window (=the back window, especially of a car)· The car's rear window had been bashed in.a shop/store window· She looked in shop windows.somebody's bedroom/office window· From his bedroom window he could see two men having an argument.the kitchen/car etc window· She had left the kitchen window open.a stained glass window (=made of pieces of coloured glass)· The church has fine medieval stained glass windows.window + NOUNthe window frame· The window frame was rotten.
WDF
window
[ˈwɪndəʊ]
CET4CET6TEM4考研
n607
73215
5412
41940
13500
8578
3785
NOUN717
2157919
Spoken:
68486112
windows[19479]
窗户(78%),橱窗(16%),视窗(6%)
n.窗;窗口;窗户
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.