核心畫面
You can picture 'window' as a clear opening in a solid wall — a framed gap with glass that lets light and air in, and lets your eyes pass through to whatever is on the other side. Almost every other use keeps one of two ideas from this picture: a framed see-through panel, or a small opening that lets something through.
可以想成：一面實牆上一個透明的開口——有框、嵌著玻璃，讓光和空氣進來，也讓你的視線穿過去看到另一邊。window 後…更多收起
可以想成：一面實牆上一個透明的開口——有框、嵌著玻璃，讓光和空氣進來，也讓你的視線穿過去看到另一邊。window 後面幾乎所有用法，都抓住這個畫面裡的其中一點：要嘛是「一塊有框、看得透的方格」，要嘛是「一個讓東西穿過去的小開口」。原始詞典資料15 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
windownoun/ˈwɪndəʊ/
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An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
- She opened the window to let some air in.
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].
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An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
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architectureThe shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
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A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
- launch window
- window of opportunity
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Something that allows one to see through or into something.
- His journal provides a rare window into his otherwise obscure life.
- Then we read Spear's confrontational commentary on the "Richard Pryor Incident" from the Black perspective...and suddenly we began to feel that GCN's window on the Gay World was something we couldn't live without since no other Gay Media voice seemed so speaking.
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A restricted range.
- In this case, a band-pass filter using a range or window of frequencies is appropriate to isolate the frequency or the group of frequencies that characterize a specific cycle.
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computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceA rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.
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A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
- till he has windows on his bread and butter
另外 4 個記錄的用法
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medicinesciencesThe time between first infection and detectability.
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historicalgovernmentmilitarypoliticsSynonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
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computingengineeringmathematicsA function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
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geographygeologynatural-sciencesA fenster: a geologic or tectonic window.
- […]the Hohe Tauern window. In the transverse depression between the windows, the Silvretta Nappe disappears almost entirely underneath the Oetztal Nappe. The southern margin of the Northern Limestone zone is formed by the "Greywacke zone" of[…]
windowverb/ˈwɪndəʊ/
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To furnish with windows.
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To place at or in a window.
- Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see / Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down / His corrigible neck?
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computingengineeringmathematicsTo apply a window function to (a signal).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。