单词 | in the window |
释义 | > as lemmasin the window 2. Chiefly in in the window. extracted from windown. a. The area of a room behind or beside a window. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > window > aperture for in the windowa1350 window hole1701 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 62 In a wyndou þer we stod we custe vs fyfty syþe. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xx. 9 Sum ȝong man, Euticus bi name, sittinge on the wyndow [L. super fenestram]. c1480 (a1400) St. Christina 19 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 398 Incense laid in a wyndo by. 1543 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V (1885) 410 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 No man..shall have no kynd of merchandiz in ther houssis shopis or wyndous to be sold to strangers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 36 Searching the Window for a Flint, I found This Paper. View more context for this quotation 1648 Bp. J. Hall Breathings Devout Soul xix. 29 Whiles I have but a spider in my window, or a bee in my garden, or a worm under my feet. 1757 Hist. Two Mod. Adventurers II. 195 The Sashes were thrown up, and they were all sitting in the Windows. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. ix. 195 An old romaunt..which lay beside him in the window. 1909 ‘Q’ True Tilda x. 125 There was a line of white houses, and one had red flowers in the window. 2004 M. Murphy Don't wake me at Doyles (2006) xviii. 353 I would spend hours standing in the window, watching people going about their business. b. A space behind the window of a shop where goods are displayed for sale. Cf. shop window n. to dress a window: see dress v. 22d. Cf. window dresser n., window dressing n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop-front > shop window shop window1415 in the window1700 show window1785 display window1934 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 111 In a Barber's Shop I saw a Beau so overladen with Wig that there was no difference between his Head, and the Wooden one that stood in the Window. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 106 A picture he had drawn being exposed in the window of a shop on Snow-hill. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 144 The articles of stock, which are displayed in some profusion in the window. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. ii. §2 Carshot, the window-dresser..nagged persistently..until the window was done. 1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 87 The eggs in the window are good and dirty from the farm. 2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 21 Dec. He wanted to buy her a nice piece of jewellery, and he had in mind a silver bracelet that he had seen in the window of the jeweller..in Brighton's Lanes. < as lemmas |
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