n.[C]
- 簾；窗簾；門簾；帷幔
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Please draw the
curtains.
請把窗簾拉上。
- （舞臺上的）幕；啟幕；落幕
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- 幕狀物
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A thick
curtain of fog hid the mountains from view.
一層濃霧遮蔽群山。
- 【俚】橫死；完蛋[P][（+for）]
vt.
- 給……裝上簾子
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I bought some material to
curtain the house.
我買了一些料子給房子裝上窗簾。
- （用簾子）遮掉，隔開[（+off）]
片語
behind the curtain
- 祕密地
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They were carrying out the plan
behind the curtain.
他們在祕密地實行那個計劃。
bring down the curtain on
- 結束；終止
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The couple decided to
bring down the curtain on their marriage after 5 years.
那對夫婦決定結束五年的婚姻關係。
lift/raise the curtain on
- 揭露
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He was determined to
lift the curtain on the scandal.
他下定決心要揭露那醜聞。
辨析
n.
- a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways and found as one of a pair at a window.
▸
(the curtain)
a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage.
▸a raising or lowering of the curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene.
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(curtains)
informal a disastrous outcome.
v.
[
often as adj. curtained]
provide with a curtain or curtains.
▸conceal with or as with a curtain.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. cortine, from late L. cortina, translation of Gk aulaia, from aulē ‘court’.
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