英语词汇“defenestration”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Defenestration is a word for the act of throwing something or someone out of a window. Yes, there's actually a word for that.

Fenestra is the Latin word for window. So that's how we came up with defenestration, the frighteningly specific word for throwing someone out a window. Perhaps you've heard of the famous Defenestration of Prague, which helped launch the 30 Years' War? If not, don't worry. This isn't word you'll need to use very often, unless there are a lot of people and things being tossed out of the windows in your life.

WORD FAMILY

defenestration: defenestrations+/defenestrate: defenestrated, defenestrates, defenestration

USAGE EXAMPLES

The catalyst for the defenestration was the lack of performance at some of the group’s big companies.

Economist(Oct 26, 2016)

Experienced for the first time, this covert cosseting feels slightly melancholy, like an episode of Cold War fiction involving futile charades and a likely defenestration.

The New Yorker(Sep 05, 2016)

The generals have not banished the dissatisfaction caused by the instability and low growth that followed Mr Thaksin’s defenestration.

Economist(Jul 21, 2016)

n the act of throwing someone or something out of a window

Hyper

ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance

the act of forcing out someone or something

单词	defenestration
释义	defenestration (once / 268621 pages) n Defenestration is a word for the act of throwing something or someone out of a window. Yes, there's actually a word for that. Fenestra is the Latin word for window. So that's how we came up with defenestration, the frighteningly specific word for throwing someone out a window. Perhaps you've heard of the famous Defenestration of Prague, which helped launch the 30 Years' War? If not, don't worry. This isn't word you'll need to use very often, unless there are a lot of people and things being tossed out of the windows in your life. WORD FAMILY defenestration: defenestrations+/defenestrate: defenestrated, defenestrates, defenestration USAGE EXAMPLES The catalyst for the defenestration was the lack of performance at some of the group’s big companies. Economist(Oct 26, 2016) Experienced for the first time, this covert cosseting feels slightly melancholy, like an episode of Cold War fiction involving futile charades and a likely defenestration. The New Yorker(Sep 05, 2016) The generals have not banished the dissatisfaction caused by the instability and low growth that followed Mr Thaksin’s defenestration. Economist(Jul 21, 2016) n the act of throwing someone or something out of a window Hyper ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance the act of forcing out someone or something
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