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Yesterday the curtains were drawn and locals said that she had gone away.She pointed to a curtain at the end of the loft.Could it be curtains for theatre venue?We piled up desks and used old blankets as curtains to provide privacy.Check that stitching is at right angles to curtain top.The curtains can hang on a thin curtain pole or a covered wire.The boats anchored out in the bay all have their curtains shut tight. Bringing the curtain down on his nonstop party hurt him more than anything.They were really doing it artfully from behind the window curtains.The dancers are in place and raring to go as soon as the curtains part.Cricket usually grants a batsman his curtain call at the end of his innings.The curtain is suspended from a covered curtain wire or a thin curtain pole.We also have the bedroom curtains open too.Note that thick curtains will cut heat loss and your heating bill.The fire safety curtain would come up and down during shows and asbestos would be released.There was to be one final curtain call.It is as if he is positioning himself on stage before the curtain rises.The box is then locked with me inside and a curtain is drawn over it.And why does returning behind the curtain at the end seem a loss?It has dragged back the curtains of musical theatre and muscled its way on to the classical podium.The right medication will feel like opening the curtains on a dark room and letting the sunlight flood in.Only members of the older generation would now draw the curtains in their front room if a neighbour or relative had died.They climbed up the drawing-room windows and sat at the top of the curtains.If the family are planning a holiday, a setting for lights and curtains monitors their routine for a fortnight and then mimics it while they are away. Lights and curtains lower.

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curtain

British English: curtain /ˈkɜːtn/ NOUN
Curtains are hanging pieces of material which you can pull across a window to keep light out or prevent people from looking in.
She drew the curtains in her bedroom.
  • American English: curtain
  • Arabic: سِتَارَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cortina
  • Chinese: 窗帘
  • Croatian: zavjesa
  • Czech: závěs
  • Danish: gardin
  • Dutch: gordijn
  • European Spanish: cortina
  • Finnish: verho
  • French: rideau
  • German: Vorhang
  • Greek: κουρτίνα
  • Italian: tenda
  • Japanese: カーテン
  • Korean: 커튼
  • Norwegian: gardin
  • Polish: zasłona
  • European Portuguese: cortina
  • Romanian: perdea
  • Russian: занавеска
  • Latin American Spanish: cortina
  • Swedish: gardin
  • Thai: ผ้าม่าน
  • Turkish: perde
  • Ukrainian: штора
  • Vietnamese: rèm cửa

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Chinese translation of 'curtain'

curtain

(ˈkəːtn)

n (c)

  1. (esp Brit, at window) 窗帘(簾) (chuānglián) (, )
    = drape
  2. (in theatre) 帷幕 (wéimù)
    to draw the curtains (together) 拉上窗帘(簾) (lāshàng chuānglián) (apart) 拉开(開)窗帘(簾) (lākāi chuānglián)
(noun) 
Definition
a piece of material hung at an opening or window to shut out light or to provide privacy
Her bedroom curtains were drawn.
Synonyms
hanging
a giant antique embroidered hanging
drape mainly US)
portière
(noun) 
Definition
something forming a barrier or screen
a curtain of cigarette smoke
Synonyms
screen
They put a screen in front of me.
veil
She swathed her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
shroud
a parked car huddled under a shroud of grey snow
pall
A pall of black smoke drifted over the cliff-top.

phrasal verb

See curtain something off

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pall
Definition
a dark heavy covering
A pall of black smoke drifted over the cliff-top.
Synonyms
cloud,
shadow,
veil,
mantle,
shroud
in the sense of shroud
Definition
anything that hides things
a parked car huddled under a shroud of grey snow
Synonyms
covering,
veil,
mantle,
screen,
cloud,
pall
in the sense of veil
Definition
a piece of thin cloth, usually as part of a hat or headdress, used to cover a woman's face
She swathed her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
Synonyms
mask,
cover,
shroud,
film,
shade,
curtain,
cloak

Synonyms of 'curtain'

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