| 单词 | green curtain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen curtain green curtain n. Theatre a front curtain, traditionally one made of a green material. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > curtain curtain1598 drop1781 iron curtain1794 green curtain1805 greeny1821 tableau curtain1830 drop-curtain1832 rag1848 hipping1858 cloth1881 safety curtain1881 asbestos curtain1890 olio1923 tab1929 sail curtain1941 iron1951 swag1959 1758 Case Stage Ireland 27 Perhaps, Mr. Sheridan could not procure any better. To this it was replied, that the Theatres in London are content with plain green Curtains.] 1805 Wynne Diaries 15 June (1940) III. 172 The Ballets have in general been curtailed..but this evening the Green Curtain..dropped at twenty minutes after Eleven. 1859 J. R. Planché Love & Fortune 31 Then amidst your applause may the green curtain fall. 1961 W. P. Bowman & R. H. Ball Theatre Lang. 162 Green curtain, a heavy outer curtain, traditional from the time of the Restoration, but now outmoded, serving variously as an act drop, fire curtain, etc. 2008 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Sept. 49 By the time the green curtain was raised on the $18 million production of Wicked on July 12, all the pieces were in place to make it one of the most successful musicals in Australian theatre. < as lemmas |
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