| 单词 | defenestrate |
| 释义 | defenestrate (once / 151530 pages) v The verb defenestrate describes throwing someone or something out of a window. Drivers who defenestrate gum wrappers may not think they're littering, but they are. The Latin word for window, fenestra, is the origin of defenestrate, as well as a historical incident in 1618 in which some Protestants threw Catholics out a window, starting the Thirty Years War and becoming known as the "Defenestration of Prague."If you're so furious that you throw your television out the window of your house, you can put an impressive spin on it when you later explain, "I felt the need to defenestrate my television." WORD FAMILYdefenestrate: defenestrated, defenestrates, defenestration+/defenestration: defenestrations USAGE EXAMPLESRepublican Mark Johnson also defenestrated a union-backed superintendent in North Carolina. Wall Street Journal(Nov 24, 2016) And, as this summer and fall have shown, she can expertly defenestrate an adversary when the situation calls for it. The New Yorker(Nov 01, 2016) Among them was Jeb Bush, one of several Republicans defenestrated by Mr. Trump, who said that he was now driving for Uber. New York Times(Sep 19, 2016) v throw through or out of a window The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President Hyper throw propel through the air |
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