单词 | mosquito curtain |
释义 | > as lemmasmosquito curtain mosquito curtain n. a curtain of fine netting or gauze designed to keep out mosquitoes and hung above and around a bed, etc. (cf. mosquito canopy n.). ΚΠ 1770 J. Robinson Let. 15 Jan. in John Norton & Sons (1939) 119 Shall be glad you will see to the buying the..stuff for Musketo Curtains. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 559/2 Specimen of lace net for mosquito curtains. 1998 B. Kingsolver Poisonwood Bible (1999) ii. 90 Sitting up in bed at rooster's crow, parting the mosquito curtain, and slipping on shoes. < as lemmas |
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