| 单词 | window screen |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindow screen window screen n. (a) an ornamental device of any kind for filling a window opening, e.g. latticework or stained glass; (b) originally and chiefly U.S. a screen of wire mesh designed to keep out insects while a window is open. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > door or window ornaments frontal1578 antepagment1658 frieze-panel1678 chambranle1692 rybat1720 placard1728 window screen1772 window dressing1774 midwall shaft1872 lambrequin1883 frieze-rail- society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > screen window screen1772 1772 Brit. Mag. & Gen. Rev. Feb. 184/2 They left the window-screen in the said Davis's watch-box, whilst he was asleep therein. 1822 Amer. Farmer 13 Dec. 304/2 (advt.) Wove wire for window screens, and wire safes. 1850 T. Inkersley Styles Archit. France 338 Below the window-screen extends a suite of projecting canopies. 1890 C. H. Moore Devel. & Char. Gothic Archit. ix. 304 Chartres [cathedral]..singularly fortunate in retaining its magnificent jewel-like window-screens. 1907 St. Nicholas May 614/1 We tried to buy wire netting—the sort we use for window screens at home. 2012 M. Tully Searching for Hope iv. 28 It was the rattiest [apartment building] of the bunch, with torn window screens and trash strewn in the small lawn out front. 2014 N. Schibille Hagia Sophia & Byzantine Aesthetic Experience ii. 64 Large window screens and lunette windows pierce the exterior walls of the aisles and galleries. < as lemmas |
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