defenestrate

英語

詞源

defenestration 的逆構詞，源自拉丁語 de- (“從，出”) + fenestra (“窗戶”)。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /dɪˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /dəˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/

• 音頻 (南英格蘭)：

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動詞

defenestrate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 defenestrates，現在分詞 defenestrating，一般過去時及過去分詞 defenestrated)

1. (及物) 扔出窗外
   • 1998 September 25, Lane Smith, quoted in "TFK Q&A: Lane Smith and Jon Scieszka", in Time for Kids:

     I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies!

     我把钟扔出窗外，看看时间过得如何！

2. (及物) 从权力或权威的位置上移除或开除
   • 1998，Barry J. Fraser, Kenneth George Tobin，International Handbook of Science Education，卷 2:

     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).

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2001，The Economist，卷 381, 期s 8498-8501，頁 42:

     Ever since he helped to defenestrate Richard Nixon in 1974, Mr Woodward has been a sort of super-reporter ...

     自从1974年帮助将理查德·尼克松赶下台以来，伍德沃德先生一直是一位超级记者……

   • 2004，Mary Carey, Kim Berquist，Writing from a Small Country: Anthology of the Creative Writing Club, Luxembourg:

     According to the guidebooks, they do it so strenuously that women would very much like to defenestrate the custom.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

3. (計算機，及物，幽默，俚語) 從計算機中刪除Windows操作系統
   • 1998 December 17, Darren Salt <news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, "Re: Coding speccy games in the good 'ole days", message-ID <48B60EA729%news@youmustbejoking.demon.com.uk>, comp.sys.sinclair, Usenet [1]:

     This posting was written on a Windows 95 PC,

     Defenestrate it immediately. Install Linux. :-)

   • 2001 July 21, "Packet Rat" (pseudonym), "Judge Rat calls for a Microsoft defenestration", on GCN: Government Computer News:

     ◦ 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.

     当然，想要自由的人根本不应该使用Windows，你必须把你的计算机“defenestrate”掉，这意味着要么把Windows从计算机中删掉，要么把计算机扔出窗外。

派生詞彙

• defenestration
• defenestrator

參見

• autodefenestrate

參考資料

• “defenestrate” in PC Magazine Encyclopedia.

參見

• Defenestration在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en
• Defenestrations of Prague在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en

意大利語

動詞

defenestrate

1. defenestrare 的屈折：
   1. 第二人稱複數現在時直陳式
   2. 第二人稱複數命令式

西班牙語

動詞

defenestrate

1. defenestrar 的第二人稱單數voseo命令式與 te 的合詞