defenestrate

vt. 把(某人或某物)抛出窗外

发音

UK /dɪˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/
其它
US /dəˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/

词形变化

defenestrated defenestrates 三单 defenestrates defenestrating defenestrating 现在分词 defenestrated 过去式 defenestrated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.

    及物

    I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!

  2. 2.

    To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer).

    幽默 俚语 及物 计算机 工程 数学

    This posting was written on a Windows 95 PC, Defenestrate it immediately. Install Linux. :-)

    ◦ Enable one-click uninstalls of unwanted OS and application features with a Defenestrate icon.

    2007 May 16, Richard Stallman, speech, Free Software and Beyond: Human Rights in the Use of Software and Other Published Works, Now of course people who want freedom shouldn't use Windows at all, you've got to defenestrate your computer, which means either you throw Windows out of the computer, or you throw the computer out the window.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 2

throw loft

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē New Latin dē New Latin dē- Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.? New Latin fenestra Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō New Latin -ātiō New Latin dēfenestrātiōder. English defenestrationbf. English defenestrate First attested in 1904; back-formation from defenestration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from New Latin dē- (“out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (“-ation”).

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