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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

带栏杆的窗户

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dài lángān de chuānghù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Grated window/ˈɡreɪ.tɪd ˈwɪn.doʊ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"透过带栏杆的窗户可以看到外面的景色。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A window that is fitted with a grating, grille, or bars of metal or wood to provide security or prevent unauthorized entry.

    "The prisoner looked out through the grated window of his cell into the courtyard."
  2. 2

    An architectural opening furnished with a protective lattice structure, often seen in historical or fortified buildings.

    "Sunlight filtered through the grated window of the medieval basement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'grated', derived from the medieval Latin 'grata' meaning lattice or hurdle (via Old French 'grate'), and 'window', from the Old Norse 'vindauga' meaning wind-eye. Historically, such windows were fitted with metal or wooden bars primarily for security, fortification, or penal restraint.

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