搜尋結果
defenestration
- IPA[dēˌfenəˈstrāSHən]
美式
- the action of throwing someone out of a window;the action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority
noun: defenestration, plural noun: defenestrations
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. formal, humorous the action of throwing someone out of a window death by defenestration has a venerable history
- 2. informal the action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority that victory resulted in Churchill's own defenestration by the war-weary British electorate