window-shoppingn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪndəʊˌʃɒpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪndoʊˌʃɑpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., shopping n.²

Etymology: < window n. + shopping n.² Compare later window-shop v.

1. The action of browsing or looking at goods displayed for sale, esp. in a shop window, without intending to make an immediate purchase, either as a recreational activity or with a view to buying something in the future.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > shopping > window-shopping

window gazing1659

browsing1836

window-shopping1875

1875 Philadelphia Inquirer 14 Dec. 4/2 There are a great many very nice people who..leave 'window shopping' to the uncultivated vulgar from the country.

1890 St. Paul (Minnesota) Daily News 15 Mar. 2/4 She can devote unlimited time to the delights of ‘window shopping’.

1930 C. Beaton Diary Dec. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) ii. 15 Weary from window-shopping, we sit down on a sidewalk seat.

1978 Lancashire Life Nov. 140/2 (advt.) Window-shopping may be fun. But instead of admiring from the outside we'd like to welcome you inside.

2005 Fashion (Canada) Oct. 32/2 Window shopping is so unsatisfying.

2. figurative. The action of looking at or assessing a range of choices or possibilities without an immediate intention to make a commitment to any one of them.

ΚΠ

1919 Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah) 5 Apr. iii. p. v/4 Every ranch has its quota of dandies and their ‘window shopping’ consists of looking at the pictures.

1959 Bull. Atomic Scientists Nov. 367/2 We shall go window-shopping for a research policy.

1988 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 6 May 8 Call it sexual window-shopping: look but don't touch.

2008 Asiana Summer 127/1 I despise window shopping so I wasn't about to waste time flirting with an unavailable man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

window-shoppingadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪndəʊʃɒpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪndoʊˌʃɑpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: window-shop v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < window-shop v. + -ing suffix².

That engages in window-shopping; that window-shops.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > window-shopping

window-shopping1919

1919 Druggists Circular Dec. 575/1 The merchant who gives his window shopping customers this information is the one who is going to get the business in the long run.

1926 Independent (Boston, Mass.) 4 Dec. 646/2 Doheny raised his own gun.., but calmly lowered it when he saw a window-shopping woman in his line of fire.

1978 A. Bailey Rembrandt's House (2014) i. 8 The window-shopping tourists have gone back to their budget-hotel beds.

2007 D. Damrosch Buried Bk. i. 16 He began..threading his way among the dense press of carriages, horse-drawn streetcars, window-shopping pedestrians, and hand-drawn carts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	window-shopping
释义	window-shoppingn. Brit. /ˈwɪndəʊˌʃɒpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪndoʊˌʃɑpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., shopping n.² Etymology: < window n. + shopping n.² Compare later window-shop v. 1. The action of browsing or looking at goods displayed for sale, esp. in a shop window, without intending to make an immediate purchase, either as a recreational activity or with a view to buying something in the future. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > shopping > window-shopping window gazing1659 browsing1836 window-shopping1875 1875 Philadelphia Inquirer 14 Dec. 4/2 There are a great many very nice people who..leave 'window shopping' to the uncultivated vulgar from the country. 1890 St. Paul (Minnesota) Daily News 15 Mar. 2/4 She can devote unlimited time to the delights of ‘window shopping’. 1930 C. Beaton Diary Dec. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) ii. 15 Weary from window-shopping, we sit down on a sidewalk seat. 1978 Lancashire Life Nov. 140/2 (advt.) Window-shopping may be fun. But instead of admiring from the outside we'd like to welcome you inside. 2005 Fashion (Canada) Oct. 32/2 Window shopping is so unsatisfying. 2. figurative. The action of looking at or assessing a range of choices or possibilities without an immediate intention to make a commitment to any one of them. ΚΠ 1919 Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah) 5 Apr. iii. p. v/4 Every ranch has its quota of dandies and their ‘window shopping’ consists of looking at the pictures. 1959 Bull. Atomic Scientists Nov. 367/2 We shall go window-shopping for a research policy. 1988 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 6 May 8 Call it sexual window-shopping: look but don't touch. 2008 Asiana Summer 127/1 I despise window shopping so I wasn't about to waste time flirting with an unavailable man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). window-shoppingadj. Brit. /ˈwɪndəʊʃɒpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪndoʊˌʃɑpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: window-shop v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < window-shop v. + -ing suffix². That engages in window-shopping; that window-shops. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > window-shopping window-shopping1919 1919 Druggists Circular Dec. 575/1 The merchant who gives his window shopping customers this information is the one who is going to get the business in the long run. 1926 Independent (Boston, Mass.) 4 Dec. 646/2 Doheny raised his own gun.., but calmly lowered it when he saw a window-shopping woman in his line of fire. 1978 A. Bailey Rembrandt's House (2014) i. 8 The window-shopping tourists have gone back to their budget-hotel beds. 2007 D. Damrosch Buried Bk. i. 16 He began..threading his way among the dense press of carriages, horse-drawn streetcars, window-shopping pedestrians, and hand-drawn carts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1875adj.1919
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