curtain 英 [ˈkɜ:tn]   美 [ˈkɜrtn]

curtain

curtain  英 [ˈkɜ:tn] 美 [ˈkɜrtn]

n. 幕;窗帘 

进行时:curtaining  过去式:curtained  过去分词:curtained  第三人称单数:curtains  名词复数:curtains 

to draw the curtains , to pull the curtains , to close the curtains 把窗帘拉上
a pair of curtains 一对窗帘

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  • n. 幕;窗帘
  • 1. to draw the curtains , to pull the curtains , to close the curtains

    把窗帘拉上

  • 2. a pair of curtains

    一对窗帘

  • 3. a shower curtain

    淋浴帘

  • 4. The audience was waiting for the curtain to rise .

    观众在等待开幕。

  • 5. We left just before the final curtain.

    我们刚好在演出结束前离开。

  • 6. a curtain of smoke

    烟幕

  • curtain (n.) c. 1300, from Old French cortine "curtain, tapestry, drape, blanket," from Late Latin cortina "curtain," but in classical Latin "round vessel, cauldron," from Latin cortem (older cohortem) "enclosure, courtyard" (see cohort). The confusion apparently begins in using cortina as a loan-translation for Greek aulaia ("curtain") in the Vulgate (to render Hebrew yeriah in Exodus xxvi:1, etc.) because the Greek word was connected to aule "court," perhaps because the "door" of a Greek house that led out to the courtyard was a hung cloth. The figurative sense in curtain call is from 1884. Curtains "the end" is 1912, originally from stage plays. An Old English word for "curtain" was fleonet "fly-net."
cur·tain / ˈkɜːtn ; NAmE ˈkɜːrtn / noun , verb curtain curtains curtained curtaining noun 1 [countable ] a piece of cloth that is hung to cover a window 窗帘 to draw/pull/close the curtains (= to pull them across the window so they cover it) 把窗帘拉上 to draw/draw back/pull back the curtains (= to open them, so that the window is no longer covered) 把窗帘拉开 It was ten in the morning but the curtains were still drawn (= closed). 已是早上十点钟了,可窗帘还拉着。 a pair of curtains 一对窗帘 see also drape 2 [countable ] ( NAmE) ( BrE ˌnet ˈcurtain ) a very thin piece of cloth that you hang at a window, which allows light to enter but stops people outside from being able to see inside 网眼帘子;纱帘 3 [countable ] a piece of cloth that is hung up as a screen in a room or around a bed, for example 帘;幔;(遮隔房间的)帷幔;床帷 a shower curtain 淋浴帘 see also the Iron Curtain 4 [singular ] a piece of thick, heavy cloth that hangs in front of the stage in the theatre (舞台上的)幕,幕布,帷幕 The audience was waiting for the curtain to rise (= for the play to begin). 观众在等待开幕。 There was tremendous applause when the curtain came down (= the play ended). 幕落时响起了经久不息的掌声。 We left just before the final curtain. 我们刚好在演出结束前离开。 ( figurative) The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career (= her career has ended). 她那漫长而成就卓著的事业生涯已告结束。 ( figurative) It's time to face the final curtain (= the end; death). 人生的戏该落幕了。 5 [countable ,  usually singular ] a thing that covers, hides or protects sth 覆盖物;隐蔽物;防护物 a curtain of rain/smoke 雨╱烟幕 She pushed back the curtain of brown hair from her eyes. 她把棕色的头发从眼前拢到脑后。 IDIOMS be ˈcurtains (for sb) ( informal) to be a situation without hope or that you cannot escape from 绝望的处境;无法摆脱的困境;完蛋 When I saw he had a gun, I thought it was curtains for me. 我一见他有枪,就想这下子我算是完了。 bring down the ˈcurtain on sth | bring the ˈcurtain down on sth to finish or mark the end of sth 结束;标志着…的终结 His sudden decision to retire brought down the curtain on a distinguished career. 他突然决定退休结束了他成就斐然的职业生涯。 verb curtainsth to provide curtains for a window or a room 给(窗户或房间)装上帘子 PHRASAL VERB ˌcurtain sth↔ˈoff to separate an area of a room with a curtain or curtains 用帘子隔开 cur·tain / ˈkɜːtn ; NAmE ˈkɜːrtn /
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