单词 | show window |
释义 | > as lemmasshow window show window n. a shop window in which goods are displayed; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > [noun] > place for theatre1581 show window1785 showcase1917 goldfish bowl1924 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 1785 Billy Brass 8 The vapid words at his tongue's top, Show-windows to his tinsel shop. 1786 Monthly Rev. Feb. 153 What is the present rage of pulling down the show-windows, and erecting others of greater parade. 1826 ‘N. Nondescript’ The —— iii. 30 Have you not noticed a shew window full of pictures, and a sign with the words ‘visiting cards for sale’? 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes xlviii A nameless fellow in the throng..dropped two bricks through the glass of the show-window. 1905 W. Whitman in Westm. Gaz. 16 Oct. 4/2 Dr. Japp's intellectual stock-in-trade would have gone far to fill up the mental show-window of half a dozen ‘popular’ reputations. 2013 M. J. Lisicky Woodward & Lothrop 50 Woodward & Lothrop covered its show windows on Sundays with large black drapes. < as lemmas |
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