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[/ˈwɪndəu; ˋwɪndo/] n 用法:
1 (a) opening in the wall or roof of a building, car, etc to let in light (and often air), usu filled with glass in a frame 窗户:
Please open the window. 请把窗户打开. *
I saw them through the window.我透过窗户看见他们了. *
He prefers to travel in a seat near the window. 他坐车、 船、 飞机都喜欢坐靠窗户的座位. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, pages vi, xii.
(b) opening that resembles this 窗状开口:
There is a little window in the cassette case so that you can see the tape.盒式音像带上有个小窗, 能看见里面的磁带. *
the window of an envelope, ie the transparent part in which an address can be read 信封上的透明窗（有的信封上的透明部分, 可露出信纸上的收信人地址）.
(C) piece of glass in the frame of a window 窗玻璃:
The ball smashed a window. 那个球把一块窗玻璃打碎了.
(d) space behind the window of a shop where goods are displayed for sale （商店的）橱窗:
I saw the vase in the window of an antique shop. 我在一家古玩店的橱窗里看见了那个花瓶. *
[attrib 作定语] a window display 橱窗陈列. 用法:
2 (computing 计) screen of a visual display unit regarded as a means of displaying part of a drawing, etc stored in a computer; part of a drawing, etc chosen for display 视窗（视频显示器的荧屏, 用以显示储存在计算机中的部分图象等）; 显示出的部分图象等. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) fly/go out of the `window (infml) be no longer considered; disappear 不再被考虑; 消失:
With the failure of the peace talks all hopes of a swift end to the war have flown out of the window. 和谈失败後, 迅速结束战争的希望都已化为乌有. a window on the `world means of observing and learning about people, esp those of other countries 世界之窗（观察和了解人民, 尤指他国人民的手段）:
International news broadcasts provide a window on the world. 国际新闻广播节目给大家提供了一个了解他国人民的世界之窗. |