English Dictionary

window dressing

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 比喩的用法

The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows; the goods and trimmings used in such a display. / (uncountable) The process, skill or task of creating such a display.

日本語の意味

店舗のウィンドウに商品を美しく陳列するための装飾（陳列ディスプレイそのものや、それに用いられる装飾品）、またはその陳列ディスプレイを作り出す技術や工程

The boutique's window dressing attracted customers from across the street with its seasonal theme.

そのブティックの店頭ディスプレイは季節のテーマで通りの向かい側からも客を引きつけた。

意味（1）

The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows; the goods and trimmings used in such a display.

The linen-draper at the corner under the town clock was divided between keeping an eye on his apprentices to see that they did not spar with yard sticks, and mentally criticising the ludicrous and meretricious window-dressing of his next-door neighbour.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The process, skill or task of creating such a display.

Such days as there was no window-dressing there was a mighty carrying and lifting of blocks and bales of goods into piles and stacks.

意味（3）

(figuratively, uncountable) A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only.

These latest modifications are mere window dressing; the same problems remain.

window dressings （ plural ）