Have opened a window là gì

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha window on/to the worlda window on/to the worldsomething that makes it possible to see and learn about what is happening in other parts of the world  Television provides us with a useful window on the world. → windowExamples from the Corpusa window on/to the world• The news is also terrific for giving the boys a window on the world.• Million views Television is a window on the world with a difference.• Television is a window to the world.

window

Từ điển Collocation

window noun

1 in a building, car, etc.

ADJ. big, huge, long, tall, wide | narrow, small | panoramic | floor-length, floor-to-ceiling | deep-set | arched, bay, bow, casement, dormer, French, lattice, leaded, picture, rose, sash, skylight, small-paned, stained-glass You get to the garden through French windows at the back of the house. The cathedral has a beautiful rose window. | plate-glass | double-glazed | barred, curtained, shuttered All the windows in the prison are barred. | curtainless | open | boarded-up | blank No light showed in any of the blank windows of the house. | dark | bright, sunny | rain-lashed, rain-streaked | draughty, ill-fitting | dirty, dusty, filthy | clean | steamed-up | balcony, basement, bedroom, kitchen, etc. | back, front, rear, side, top, topmost, upstairs | first-floor, ground-floor, etc. | south-facing, etc. | display, shop | car, carriage, train, etc. | back, driver's, passenger, rear | electric | smoked, tinted a limousine with smoked windows

VERB + WINDOW gaze out (of), gaze through, look in (through), look out (of), look through, peer out (of), peer (in) through, see out (of), see through, stare out of, stare (in) through I found her looking in the window of a department store. It was raining so hard I could scarcely see out the window. | lean out of, stick your head out of | knock on, rap on, tap on We tapped on the window to get their attention. | fling open, force (open), open, throw open There was evidence that the window had been forced. | roll down, wind down I rolled down the window to ask for directions. | close, roll up, shut | clean, wash | break, shatter, smash | replace

WINDOW + VERB open, wind down How does the window open? | close, go up | break, shatter, smash | blow out All the windows blew out with the force of the blast. | flash, gleam, glint, glow, shine The windows glinted in the sunlight. | steam up The windows all steam up when you have a shower. | rattle The windows rattle when a train goes past. | face sth, give a view of sth, look, overlook sth, stare a studio with windows looking south towards the park The windows of the house stared bleakly down at her.

WINDOW + NOUN frame, ledge, pane, sill | seat I always ask for a window seat when I fly. | cleaner He works as a window cleaner. | display | shopping I love going window shopping (= looking at things in the shops without buying anything).

PREP. at the ~ He was standing at the window waiting for us. | by the ~ I sat by the window to get some air. | in the ~ an advertisement in the shop window We caught sight of him in the window as we passed. There was a vase of flowers in the window. A bird flew in the open window. | out (of) ~ She gazed out of the window at the falling snow. | through ~ They threw a brick through the window.

2 area on a computer screen

ADJ. active Click on the window to make it active.

VERB + WINDOW open | close If you close a couple of windows, the screen will be less cluttered. | enlarge, minimize, resize, shrink | drag, move | click on > Special page at COMPUTER

Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
• a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
• a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
• an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function

  he could see them through a window in the trees

• the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something

  the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves

  they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded

• a pane of glass in a window; windowpane

  the ball shattered the window

• an opening in the wall of a building (usually to admit light and air)

  he stuck his head in the window

• (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen

Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. In applications and graphical interfaces, a portion of the screen that can contain its own document or message. In window-based programs, the screen can be divided into several windows, each of which has its own boundaries and can contain a different document (or another view into the same document).

Bloomberg Financial Glossary

A brokerage firm's cashier department, where delivery of securities and settlement of transactions take place.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

windows
syn.: windowpane