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“window”的意思是“风的眼睛”？
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The word "window" has a poetic old meaning.window这个词，有个很浪漫的老意思。
It comes from an old Northern language.它来自一种古老的北方语言。
There, people called a window a "wind eye".在那种话里，窗户叫“风的眼睛”。
Old houses had no glass on the walls.老房子的墙上，还没有玻璃。
People made a hole to let the wind in.人们墙上挖个洞，好让风吹进来。
That hole also let them look outside.那个洞，还能让他们往外看呢。
So a window became the eye of the wind.所以窗户，就成了“风的眼睛”。
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