单词 | curtain |
释义 | curtain n. & v. --n   1. a piece of cloth etc. hung up as a screen, usu. moveable sideways or upwards, esp. at a window or between the stage and auditorium of a theatre.   2. Theatr. a the rise or fall of the stage curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene. b = curtain-call.   3. a partition or cover.   4. (in pl.) sl. the end. --vtr.   1. furnish or cover with a curtain or curtains.   2. (foll. by off) shut off with a curtain or curtains. Phrases and idioms curtain-call Theatr. an audience's summons to actor(s) to take a bow after the fall of the curtain. curtain-fire Mil. a concentration of rapid and continuous fire. curtain lecture a wife's private reproof to her husband, orig. behind bed-curtains. curtain-raiser   1. Theatr. a piece prefaced to the main performance.   2. a preliminary event. curtain-wall 1 Fortification the plain wall of a fortified place, connecting two towers etc.   2. Archit. a piece of plain wall not supporting a roof. Etymology: ME f. OF cortine f. LL cortina transl. Gk aulaia f. aule court |
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