window
noun/ˈwɪndəʊ/
Слово англійською: window
Переклад window українською: вікно
Детальний опис
- 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
- out of the window She looked out of the window.
- through the window He saw her through the rear window of the car.
- to open/close the window
- the bedroom/kitchen/car window
- a broken window
- The burglars smashed a window to get in.
- (also shop window)the glass at the front of a shop and the area behind it where goods are shown to the public
- in the window I saw the dress I wanted in the window.
- a window display
- a small area of something that you can see through, for example to talk to somebody or read something on the other side
- There was a long line of people at the box-office window.
- We tapped on the window to get their attention.
- The address must be clearly visible through the window of the envelope.
- (computing) 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
- to create/open a window
- [singular] window on/into something a way of seeing and learning about something
- Television is a sort of window on the world.
- It gave me an intriguing window into the way people live.
- a time when there is an opportunity to do something, although it may not last long
- We now have a small window of opportunity in which to make our views known.
- Do you have a window next Monday?
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr ‘wind’ + auga ‘eye’.
Idioms
fly/go out (of) the window
- (informal) to stop existing; to disappear completely
- As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window.