window
n. 窗戶; 視窗; 陳列窗; 空當
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,憂鬱地凝視著外面。
The room felt very hot and she wondered why someone did not open a window...
房間裡感覺很熱,她納悶怎麼沒人開窗子。
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櫥窗前站了一會兒。
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.
售票視窗那個女的告訴我入場費是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.
告訴她我這周晚些時候有空兒。
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...
到這時根本就不講什麼邏輯了。
When he went, our happiness and our security flew out of the window.
他走後,我們幸福安穩的好日子便到頭了。
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.
國王說現在有尋求和平的短暫機會。
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)(計劃,模式,行為)不再存在,消失
window of opportunity
有利時機,最佳時機
window of vulnerability
脆弱之時(尤指冷戰時期,美國的陸基導彈很容易成為蘇聯首次攻擊目標的論點)
windows of the soul
心靈之窗(尤指眼睛)
It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.
可惜這房間沒北窗,沒有過堂風.
She flattened her nose and lips against the window.
她把鼻子和嘴唇緊貼著窗戶.
The window was wide open.
那窗子是大開著的.
Train tickets to Dalian are sold at that window.
去大連的火車票在那個視窗賣.
Open the curtains to let some light through the window.
拉開窗簾,讓光線透進來.