window /ˈwɪndəʊ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT 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. 窗户

  例：

  He stood at the window, moodily staring out.

  他站在窗旁，忧郁地盯着外面。

  例：

  The room felt very hot and she wondered why someone did not open a window.

  房间里感觉非常热，她纳闷为什么没人打开一扇窗。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A window is a glass-covered opening above a counter, for example, in a bank, post office, train station, or museum, which the person serving you sits behind. (银行、邮局、火车站、博物馆等提供服务的) 窗口

  例：

  The woman at the ticket window told me that the admission fee was $17.50.

  售票窗口的那位女士告诉我入场费为$17.50。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT On a computer screen, a window is one of the work areas that the screen can be divided into. (电脑屏幕上的) 视窗 [计算机]

  例：

  Yahoo! Pager puts a small window on your screen containing a list of your "friends."

  雅虎通在您的屏幕上弹出一个包含您的“朋友”名单的小视窗。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If you say that something such as a plan or a particular way of thinking or behaving has gone out of the window or is out the window, you mean that it has disappeared completely. (计划或某种思维或行为方式) 完全消失

  例：

  By now all logic had gone out of the window.

  到此时，已没有什么道理可讲。