defenestrate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/    美 /dəˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window. transitive
    — I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!
  2. To throw out; to remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority. transitive
    — The cultural historians of science 'feel the need to defenestrate science, or at least take it off its pedestal' (Pumfrey. Rossi & Slawinski 1991. p. 3).
  3. To remove a Windows operating system from (a computer). humorous,slang,transitive
    — This posting was written on a Windows 95 PC, Defenestrate it immediately. Install Linux. :-)

词形变化

defenestrates present,singular,third-person defenestrating participle,present defenestrated participle,past defenestrated past

词汇关系

衍生词
autodefenestrate defenestration defenestrator
相关词
autodefenestrate

词源

Etymology tree
New Latin dē
Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.?
New Latin fenestra
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
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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