| 单词 | curtain |
| 释义 | curtain (kɜːʳtən ) Word forms: curtains 1. countable noun A2 Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window. [mainly British] Her bedroom curtains were drawn. Synonyms: hanging, drape [mainly US], portière 2. countable noun A2 Curtains are pieces of very thin material which you hang in front of windows in order to prevent people from seeing in. [US] regional note: in BRIT, use net curtains 3. singular noun In a theatre, the curtain is the large piece of material that hangs in front of the stage until a performance begins. The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude. 4. singular noun You can refer to something as a curtain when it is thick and difficult to see through or get past. [literary] ...a curtain of cigarette smoke. Something dark disappeared behind the curtain of leaves. [+ of] Synonyms: screen, veil, shroud, pall 5. See also Iron Curtain 6. bring down the curtain phrase If something brings down the curtain on an event or situation, it causes or marks the end of it. …management changes that will finally bring down the curtain on Lord Forte's extraordinary working life Idioms: bring the curtain down on something to cause or mark the end of an event or situation Richardson brings the curtain down on one of the most amazing managerial careers of all-time this weekend. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: curtain fabric The lot consists of three dresses, two sets of lederhosen and two jumper and shorts sets, all made from the same green and white floral curtain fabric. Times, Sunday Times You will need at least one per 10cm of curtain fabric. Times, Sunday Times Some seem to be wearing curtain fabric. Times, Sunday Times With bespoke sofas, curtain fabrics so opulent they're practically three-dimensional, and co-ordinated cushion covers, this house reveals a strong sense of its creator's style and sensibility. Times, Sunday Times The curtain falls the same, in any case. Times, Sunday Times As the curtain falls for an extended interval, ministers have wished - consciously or otherwise - to leave the stage high-kicking in a burst of political noise. Times, Sunday Times Expect tears as well as laughs when the curtain falls on the final episode. Times, Sunday Times All that and there's also a wedding packed in before the curtain falls on the series. The Sun For most, the curtain falls with rejection on contract decision day followed by a summer spent looking at a painfully quiet phone. Times, Sunday Times The resonances hum even before the curtain rises. The Times Literary Supplement But when the curtain rises, no one's expecting a spare shepherd to steal the show. The Sun They will have to do it again before the curtain rises. Times, Sunday Times A red curtain rises, obscuring an empty stage. Times, Sunday Times The innuendo starts even before the curtain rises. Times, Sunday Times Put up heavy curtains and blinds across windows, and use shutters if you have them. Times, Sunday Times Heavy curtains and shutters will also help — but only when they are closed. Times, Sunday Times Urban householders tried to reduce dust with heavy curtains that they kept closed, but still it covered everything. Times, Sunday Times These heavy curtains hang over golden voiles painted with fine bamboo stems and leaves. Times, Sunday Times Heavy curtains and beige carpet were consigned to the dustbin, and tumbled parquet floors were installed. Times, Sunday Times At the far end by the shed she fancied a spa house - but it turned into another patio surrounded by bamboo screening and lace curtains. Times, Sunday Times One tough guy always boasting of derring-do came back from an assignment to find his office decorated with lace curtains and doilies. Times, Sunday Times The village's permanent residences - exquisite, 19th-century wooden houses with lace curtains and gardens full of oxeye daisies - are outnumbered by the temporary ones. Times, Sunday Times It was late autumn and light lace curtains of snow were billowing across the peaks, from where wolves and snow leopards would be watching our progress. Times,Sunday Times The plot will keep your lace curtains twitching to the end. The Sun They don't open the curtains or go into the garden. Times, Sunday Times But the following morning, we opened the curtains and everything changed. Times, Sunday Times I've tried night lights and opening her curtains, but neither has helped. The Sun Others sit on beaches so beautiful, you'll want to sing when you fling open the curtains every morning. Times, Sunday Times Maybe it was time to open the curtains, as it were. Times,Sunday Times The beauty of the performance comes in the occasional acute glances that part the curtains of his confusion. Times, Sunday Times He parts the curtain separating earth from heaven to depict a great warfare in the spiritual world. Christianity Today I parted the curtains to look. Times, Sunday Times Just pull the plastic curtain and turn the dial. Times, Sunday Times There was a glass cube of a bathroom built within the bedroom; you had to pull a white plastic curtain inside for privacy (which seemed quite odd). Times, Sunday Times Heavy plastic curtains, such as you might find in a butcher's shop, hint immediately at what we're in for. Times, Sunday Times Instead, fit blinds or even plastic curtains and damp dust weekly with a wet cloth. The Sun Focal-plane shutters are usually implemented as a pair of light-tight cloth, metal, or plastic curtains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The device drew a privacy curtain around the voter and simultaneously unlocked the machine's levers for voting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some models also have a privacy curtain for the lower bunk. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, you get three double beds with privacy curtains suitable for a 6ft fella like me. The Sun The pressurized module contains a small bathroom with privacy curtains and a shower head producing a water mist for sponge baths. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The restaurants are partitioned into several rooms by means of rain curtains that fall into basins running along the tops of partition walls and booths. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tornado manifested itself as a large area of rapidly rotating rain curtains and dark clouds, rather than a traditional funnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Photos and video of these initial moments reveal no funnel, merely a thick, rotating wall of rain curtains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now we can raise the curtain and let the action begin. Times, Sunday Times It also developed an automatic curtain control system which raised the curtain in front of the screen using electric motors, controlled from the projection booth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Out of fear, he lost his voice backstage and begged the stagehands not to raise the curtains. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first person on stage has raised the curtain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The huge, opulent room features silk curtains, bespoke cots swathed with pink and green ribbons and posies of pink roses everywhere. The Sun They have not held back, with plenty of mirrors and red silk curtains. Times, Sunday Times Decadent rooms are furnished with ruby taffeta silk curtains and kingsized beds. Times, Sunday Times Rooms are equally lavish, with silk curtains and velvet throws, and suites are named after writers, poets and playwrights. Times, Sunday Times Rooms normally cost from €550, including breakfast, and are furnished with ruby taffeta silk curtains and kingsize-beds. Times, Sunday Times More street-stylers have a thick curtain of hair to pose behind than don't, while for some hair has become an accessory in its own right. Times, Sunday Times A rich thick curtain of human hair comes tumbling over the seat in front of you and cascades on to your in-flight entertainment. Times, Sunday Times Behind her hangs a thick curtain, while mounted on the wall are framed pictures: portraits, groups, landscapes. Times, Sunday Times We found our bearings in the mist, the thick curtain slipping open occasionally to offer tantalising glimpses of grey-green hills and meandering streams. Times, Sunday Times It has a 6m high and 1.3m thick curtain wall which surrounds an area approximately 30m by 24m, with rounded watchtowers at the corners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All that was missing was a drum roll and a velvet curtain. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The velvet curtain had been ruined and stage machinery damaged, but the stage crew banked the flames before the fire brigade could reach the theatre. A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003) Or preferably a heavily lined velvet curtain. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 窗帘 Japanese: カーテン |
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