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