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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- curtain [ 'kɝtn] [ 'kəːtn]
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- 1. noun 帘（子）；帐；窗帘；门帘
- 2. noun 掩蔽；隔绝；幕状物，遮盖物，掩蔽物
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3.
noun
（两棱堡或两大门之间的）幕墙，胸墙
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4.
noun
[architecture]
间壁
- 5. noun [theater] （舞台上的）幕
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6.
noun
[theater]
启幕，开幕；落幕
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7.
noun
[theater]
（落幕前）戏的最后一段情节、最后一行台词或最后一幕场景
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8.
noun
[theater]
【同义词】curtain call
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9.
noun
[American English]
[slang]
[复数形态时]死，完蛋；灾难
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10.
vt.
给…挂上帘子（或窗帘、门帘、幕、帐），挂幕于，以帘子装饰
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11.
vt.
（如用帘子）遮住，遮掉，隔开，隔绝
Collins English-English Dictionary
- curtain ['k3ːtən]
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1.
n
a piece of material that can be drawn across an opening or window, to shut out light or to provide privacy
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2.
n
a barrier to vision, access, or communication
- a curtain of secrecy
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3.
n
a hanging cloth or similar barrier for concealing all or part of a theatre stage from the audience
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4.
n
the rise or opening of the curtain at the start of a performance
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5.
vt.
[tr;
sometimes foll by off] to shut off or conceal with or as if with a curtain -
6.
vt.
[tr]
to provide (a window, etc) with curtains
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7.
vt.
See also curtains
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8.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French courtine, from Late Latin cort
i na enclosed place, curtain, probably from Latin cohors courtyard
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1.
n
a piece of material that can be drawn across an opening or window, to shut out light or to provide privacy
Examples
- a curtain of fog
- 雾幕
- The Iron Curtain came down with the fall of the former Soviet Union.
- 随着前苏联的解体，铁幕也随之降下。 → curtain
- It was so cold this morning that there was a thick curtain of fog.
- 今早很冷，有一层厚厚的雾气。 → curtain
- a curtain of secrecy → curtain
- the debate was a curtain-raiser to the election → curtain-raiser
- the curtain goes up at eight o'clock → go up
- Iron Curtain countries → Iron Curtain
- 幕落。
- The Curtain falls. or Curtain. → 幕
- 大幕一拉开，观众顿时安静下来。
- As soon as the curtain rose, the audience quieted down. → 安静
- 在观众热烈掌声中闭幕。
- The curtain fell to the loud applause of the audience. → 闭幕
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