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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 窗；窗户；窗口；窗玻璃 
- out of the window
She looked out of the window. 她向窗外看去。 - through the window
He saw her through the rear window of the car. 他透过汽车的后窗看见了她。 to open/close the window 打开／关上窗户 the bedroom/kitchen/car window 卧室/厨房/车窗 a broken window 破碎的窗玻璃 The burglars smashed a window to get in. 窃贼砸碎一扇窗户进来。
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1, Buildingsa1All the windows blew out with the force of the blast. 爆炸的力量炸飞了所有窗户。 All the windows in the prison are barred. 监狱里所有的窗户都上了铁栅。 He was standing at the window waiting for us. 他站在窗边等着我们。 How does the window open? 窗子如何开？ I rolled down the window to ask for directions. 我摇下车窗问路。 I sat by the window to get some air. 我坐在窗户边透透气。 It was raining so hard I could scarcely see out of the window. 雨太大了，我几乎看不清窗外。 No light showed in any of the blank windows of the house. 这座房子所有的装饰窗都不透光线。 She gazed out of the window at the falling snow. 她凝视着窗外飘落的雪花。 The windows all steam up when you have a shower. 洗澡时所有的窗户都会蒙上水汽。 The windows glinted in the sunlight. 窗户在阳光下闪闪发光。 The windows of the house stared bleakly down at her. 那座房子的窗户居高临下阴森森地对着她。 The windows rattle when a train goes past. 火车经过的时候，窗户被震得咔嗒作响。 There was a vase of flowers in the window. 窗户里边摆着一瓶花。 There was evidence that the window had been forced. 有证据表明窗子是被强行打开的。 They threw a brick through the window. 他们从窗户扔进一块砖头。 We caught sight of him in the window as we passed. 我们经过的时候透过窗户看到了他。 a studio with windows looking out on the park 窗子面向公园的工作室 Keep all doors and windows closed. 保持所有门窗关闭。 a stained glass window 彩色玻璃窗户 There was a view of the sky through open windows. 透过敞开的窗户可以看到天空。 She could see a field of sunflowers just outside her window. 她可以看到窗外的一片向日葵田。 The flat has windows onto streets on two sides. 这套公寓的两边都有临街的窗户。 A bullet shattered the window to her room. 一颗子弹打碎了她房间的窗户。 We get our windows cleaned every two months. 我们每两个月清洗一次窗户。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
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- gaze out (of)
- glance out (of)
- look out (of)
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- close
- open
- break
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- frame
- ledge
- pane
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- at the window
- by the window
- in the window
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- out of the window
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the glass at the front of a shop and the area behind it where goods are shown to the public 橱窗： 商店前部的玻璃及其后面的区域，在橱窗中向公众展示商品Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppinga1I found her looking in the window of a department store. 我发现她正盯着一家百货商店的橱窗。 There was a sign in the window advertising for staff. 橱窗里有招聘员工的广告。
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a small area of something that you can see through, for example to talk to somebody or read something on the other side 墙上（或信封等上）开的窗形的口；透明窗口 - (
computing 计算机 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 （计算机屏幕的）窗口，视窗 
to create/open a window 新建／打开窗口
Extra ExamplesTopics Computersb1Click on the window to make it active. 点击窗口激活它。 If you close a couple of windows, the screen will be less cluttered. 关闭几个窗口，屏幕就不会那么杂乱了。 When you click on a link, a separate browser window opens for the new page. 当您单击链接时，会为新页面打开一个单独的浏览器窗口。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- active
- pop-up
- browser
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- open
- close
- minimize
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- pop up
- [singular] window on/into something
a way of seeing and learning about something 了解信息的渠道；窗口 a time when there is an opportunity to do something, although it may not last long 一丝机会；短暂的时机
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr ‘wind’ + auga ‘eye’.