window
n. 窗户; 窗口; 陈列窗; 空当
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。
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。
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。
On a computer screen, a window is one of the work areas that the screen can be divided into.
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
1. a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
2. a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
3. a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
4. an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function;
5. the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something;
6. a pane in a window;
7. an opening in the wall of a building (usually to admit light and air);
8. (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
go out (of) the window
(非正式)(计划,模式,行为)不再存在,消失
window of opportunity
有利时机,最佳时机
window of vulnerability
脆弱之时(尤指冷战时期,美国的陆基导弹很容易成为苏联首次攻击目标的论点)
windows of the soul
心灵之窗(尤指眼睛)
It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.
可惜这房间没北窗,没有过堂风.
She flattened her nose and lips against the window.
她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户.
The window was wide open.
那窗子是大开着的.
Train tickets to Dalian are sold at that window.
去大连的火车票在那个窗口卖.
Open the curtains to let some light through the window.
拉开窗帘,让光线透进来.