| 单词 | window gazing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindow gazing window gazing adj. and n. (a) adj. (usually hyphenated) that gazes through a window; (b) n. the action of gazing through a window; spec. window shopping; cf. window gazer n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > shopping > window-shopping window gazing1659 browsing1836 window-shopping1875 1659 J. Howell Prov. Spanish Tovng 13/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια A window-gazing wife, wring off her neck if thou wilt have her good. 1836 J. F. Cooper Sketches Switzerland II. xxv. 163 Window-gazing, on the score of refinement, is very much on a level with knitting. 1949 M. Steen Twilight on Floods iv. vi. 614 Up the Haymarket to Regent Street for an orgy of window-gazing. 1961 R. Graves More Poems 42 Window-gazing, at one time or another In the course of travel. 1963 Royal Air Forces Q. Summer 105 The air quartermaster interrupts the reverie of a window-gazing passenger with light refreshments. 2000 E. D. Rappaport Shopping for Pleasure (2001) 155 The window-gazing crowd. 2007 Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) (Nexis) 24 Nov. m6 The annual holiday shopping season is here, and that means store cruising, window gazing and bargain hunting for many. < as lemmas |
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