shop windown.

Brit.

/ˌʃɒp ˈwɪndəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈˌʃɑp ˈˌwɪndoʊ/

Forms: see shop n. and window n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shop n., window n.

Etymology: < shop n. + window n.

1. A window of a shop, in which goods are displayed for sale.

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

1415 in W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich (1906) I. 106 Ye Mayster of his craft shal..ȝife hym warnynge to be a freman or elles sper in his shop wyndowes..and he so spered in..shal not holde his craft wit in hows ne wt owten.

1531–2 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 359 For xvj staples to the shope windowes ij s viij d.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. 143 Cunning Physitions..do gather of the fine strings and hearie rootes aforesayde, and put them into Phiols or Glasses full of water, and set them openly in their shoppe windowes or standings.

1632 in E. B. Jupp Hist. Acct. Company of Carpenters (1848) 296 All Sorts of Shopp Windows that are made for ornament or beautie.

1725 New Canting Dict. Pieces of Silk, Cloth, Linen or Stuff, that were hung out at the Shop-Windows of Mercers.

1790 Leeds Intelligencer 14 Sept. Over his shop window he announces himself to be Breeches-maker to the Queen!

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. vi. 67 I saw the prettiest hat you can imagine, in a shop window .

1852 E. B. Browning Let. 10 June in Browning's Corr. (2010) XVIII. 147 Robert calls me infantine because I am always staring in at the shop-windows of the world.

1863 J. MacGregor in F. Balfour Life & Lett. J. MacGregor (1912) v. 132 As plainly as you see those men in some shop-windows in Glasgow go through the mysteries of hat-making.

1908 Scott. Hist. Rev. Apr. 270 Nor did the country towns boast any brightly dressed shop windows to lure the domestic of those days to waste her substance on fripperies.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 448 Take a good longing gaze into any nearby shopwindow.

1989 New Yorker 18 Sept. 56/3 Occasionally, a spot of brightness broke the pattern..a cheerful shopwindow still hung with Christmas tinsel.

2004 G. Woodward I'll go to Bed at Noon ix. 169 Today estate agents were..wide boys who displayed their properties in shop windows like stacks of washing powder.

2. In extended use. A display of something, intended to attract attention or stimulate interest; an opportunity to display talents or skills.Cf. quot. 1654 at Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [noun] > a show (of something)

sight1390

presentationa1616

exhibit1654

show1695

re-exhibition1758

layout1869

shop window1894

1894 Davenport (Iowa) Weekly Tribune 27 Dec. Look at the Girls! A young lady calls her sex the Shop Windows of Creation... Why, we girls consider ourselves the shop windows of the universe, and we wouldn't exist if we weren't looked at.

1905 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Mar. This..may surprise some who have seen the shop-window of American education, and have not looked behind it.

1929 C. Connolly Let. Nov. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 328 [In America] a wife is a man's shop window.

1954 Economist 11 Sept. 1/2 The show [sc. Farnborough]..is both a shop-window and an end-of-term report.

1977 Listener 17 Mar. 347/3 London was to be a city of individuals..rather than a shop-window of state, monarchy and empire.

2008 Daily Tel. 25 Aug. 20/4 It is hard to think what other visual shorthand for Britain could have been crammed into the 480-second shop window.

Phrases

to open or shut (up) (one's) shop-window and variants: to begin or close the business of the day; (also) to begin or give up business. Now rare.In quot. 1654 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (intransitive)] > start work

to open (one's) shop-windowc1478

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (intransitive)] > stop work

to shut (one's) shop-windowc1478

to shut up one's shop1560

unyoke1594

to put up the shutters1877

to shut down1877

strike1890

stand1892

to knock off1916

c1478 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 304 Some were disfraunchised, some imprysoned, some theire shop windows shutt downe.

1529 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 254 That no persone..presume to opyn his Shoppe wyndowes before he hath presented hymself to & before the Maysters or Gouerners of the sayde Mystere.

1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull iv. f. xliii^v Some of other occupations by theyr busy labours in the scriptures, hath shut vp the shoppe windowes, faine to take Sainctuary.

1654 J. Price Tyrants & Protectors 15 I have heard of a Bishop invited to one of their houses to dinner, and observing the Ladies naked back and brests, said to her to this purpose, Madam, it is time to shut up your shop-windows.

1776 G. Colman Spleen i. 2 I have been upon the scout ever since they opened the shop windows, and I'm as full of news as the Morning Chronicle.

1884 W. Urwick Nonconformity Herts. vi. 110 Some on holidays have opened their shop windows.

1999 G. Phillips Seven Cent. of Light ix. 122 The butchers..ignored Mayoral decrees to shut their shop windows and cease trading.

Derivatives

shop ˈwindowful n. as much or as many as a shop-window will hold.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a building > specific parts

roomful1673

pitful1841

windowful1845

yardful1860

shop windowful1869

hall-full1883

galleryful1885

1869 Belgravia Nov. 107 He wore a green frock-coat, the breast glittering with a shop-windowful of orders.

1935 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 11 Apr. 167/1 A display can be anything: two tons, a shop windowful, serried ranks upon shelves, or a few diminutive pots and some advertising matter upon the bench.

1999 É. Ní Dhuibhne Dancers Dancing 74 Confronted with a shop windowful of parents perhaps she would still pick them out as the most suitable for her.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shop window
释义	shop windown. Brit. /ˌʃɒp ˈwɪndəʊ/, U.S. /ˈˌʃɑp ˈˌwɪndoʊ/ Forms: see shop n. and window n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shop n., window n. Etymology: < shop n. + window n. 1. A window of a shop, in which goods are displayed for sale. 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 1415 in W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich (1906) I. 106 Ye Mayster of his craft shal..ȝife hym warnynge to be a freman or elles sper in his shop wyndowes..and he so spered in..shal not holde his craft wit in hows ne wt owten. 1531–2 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 359 For xvj staples to the shope windowes ij s viij d. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. 143 Cunning Physitions..do gather of the fine strings and hearie rootes aforesayde, and put them into Phiols or Glasses full of water, and set them openly in their shoppe windowes or standings. 1632 in E. B. Jupp Hist. Acct. Company of Carpenters (1848) 296 All Sorts of Shopp Windows that are made for ornament or beautie. 1725 New Canting Dict. Pieces of Silk, Cloth, Linen or Stuff, that were hung out at the Shop-Windows of Mercers. 1790 Leeds Intelligencer 14 Sept. Over his shop window he announces himself to be Breeches-maker to the Queen! a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. vi. 67 I saw the prettiest hat you can imagine, in a shop window . View more context for this quotation 1852 E. B. Browning Let. 10 June in Browning's Corr. (2010) XVIII. 147 Robert calls me infantine because I am always staring in at the shop-windows of the world. 1863 J. MacGregor in F. Balfour Life & Lett. J. MacGregor (1912) v. 132 As plainly as you see those men in some shop-windows in Glasgow go through the mysteries of hat-making. 1908 Scott. Hist. Rev. Apr. 270 Nor did the country towns boast any brightly dressed shop windows to lure the domestic of those days to waste her substance on fripperies. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 448 Take a good longing gaze into any nearby shopwindow. 1989 New Yorker 18 Sept. 56/3 Occasionally, a spot of brightness broke the pattern..a cheerful shopwindow still hung with Christmas tinsel. 2004 G. Woodward I'll go to Bed at Noon ix. 169 Today estate agents were..wide boys who displayed their properties in shop windows like stacks of washing powder. 2. In extended use. A display of something, intended to attract attention or stimulate interest; an opportunity to display talents or skills.Cf. quot. 1654 at Phrases. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [noun] > a show (of something) sight1390 presentationa1616 exhibit1654 show1695 re-exhibition1758 layout1869 shop window1894 1894 Davenport (Iowa) Weekly Tribune 27 Dec. Look at the Girls! A young lady calls her sex the Shop Windows of Creation... Why, we girls consider ourselves the shop windows of the universe, and we wouldn't exist if we weren't looked at. 1905 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Mar. This..may surprise some who have seen the shop-window of American education, and have not looked behind it. 1929 C. Connolly Let. Nov. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 328 [In America] a wife is a man's shop window. 1954 Economist 11 Sept. 1/2 The show [sc. Farnborough]..is both a shop-window and an end-of-term report. 1977 Listener 17 Mar. 347/3 London was to be a city of individuals..rather than a shop-window of state, monarchy and empire. 2008 Daily Tel. 25 Aug. 20/4 It is hard to think what other visual shorthand for Britain could have been crammed into the 480-second shop window. Phrases to open or shut (up) (one's) shop-window and variants: to begin or close the business of the day; (also) to begin or give up business. Now rare.In quot. 1654 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (intransitive)] > start work to open (one's) shop-windowc1478 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (intransitive)] > stop work to shut (one's) shop-windowc1478 to shut up one's shop1560 unyoke1594 to put up the shutters1877 to shut down1877 strike1890 stand1892 to knock off1916 c1478 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 304 Some were disfraunchised, some imprysoned, some theire shop windows shutt downe. 1529 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 254 That no persone..presume to opyn his Shoppe wyndowes before he hath presented hymself to & before the Maysters or Gouerners of the sayde Mystere. 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull iv. f. xliii^v Some of other occupations by theyr busy labours in the scriptures, hath shut vp the shoppe windowes, faine to take Sainctuary. 1654 J. Price Tyrants & Protectors 15 I have heard of a Bishop invited to one of their houses to dinner, and observing the Ladies naked back and brests, said to her to this purpose, Madam, it is time to shut up your shop-windows. 1776 G. Colman Spleen i. 2 I have been upon the scout ever since they opened the shop windows, and I'm as full of news as the Morning Chronicle. 1884 W. Urwick Nonconformity Herts. vi. 110 Some on holidays have opened their shop windows. 1999 G. Phillips Seven Cent. of Light ix. 122 The butchers..ignored Mayoral decrees to shut their shop windows and cease trading. Derivatives shop ˈwindowful n. as much or as many as a shop-window will hold. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a building > specific parts roomful1673 pitful1841 windowful1845 yardful1860 shop windowful1869 hall-full1883 galleryful1885 1869 Belgravia Nov. 107 He wore a green frock-coat, the breast glittering with a shop-windowful of orders. 1935 Brit. Bee Jrnl. 11 Apr. 167/1 A display can be anything: two tons, a shop windowful, serried ranks upon shelves, or a few diminutive pots and some advertising matter upon the bench. 1999 É. Ní Dhuibhne Dancers Dancing 74 Confronted with a shop windowful of parents perhaps she would still pick them out as the most suitable for her. 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