window

noun

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. (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen

5. an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served

e.g. he stuck his head in the window

6. a pane of glass in a window

e.g. the ball shattered the window

Synonym: windowpane

7. an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function

e.g. he could see them through a window in the trees

8. the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something

e.g. the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves
they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded

1. 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.

e.g. He stood at the window, moodily staring out...
他站在窗前，忧郁地凝视着外面。
e.g. 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。

2. (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.

window的解释

e.g. 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. (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.

e.g. 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. 窗口;视窗
On a computer screen, a window is one of the work areas that the screen can be divided into.

5. (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.

window的意思

e.g. 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. 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.

window是什么意思

e.g. By now all logic had gone out of the window...
到这时根本就不讲什么逻辑了。
e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. 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。