| [/ˈkɜːtn; ˋkətn/] n 用法:
1 [C] (a) (US drape) piece of material hung to cover a window, and usu movable sideways 窗帘:
draw the curtains, ie pull them across the window(s) 把窗帘拉上 *
lace curtains 花边窗帘.
(b) similar piece of material hung up as a screen 作屏幕用的帘子:
Pull the curtains round the patient's bed. 把病床周围的床帷拉上. *
a shower curtain 浴帘. 用法:
2 [sing] (a) screen of heavy material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage （舞台的）幕:
The curtain rises/goes up, ie The play/act begins. 幕启（演出开始）. *
The curtain falls/comes down, ie The play/act ends. 幕落（演出结束）. *
(fig 比喻) The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career, ie Her career has ended. 她那漫长而成就斐然的生涯已告结束. =>illus at App 1 见附录1之插图, page ix.
(b) (fig 比喻) raising or lowering of such a curtain 开幕或闭幕:
Tonight's curtain is at 7. 30, ie the play begins at 7. 30. 今晚的演出七点半开始. *
After the final curtain (ie After the play had ended) we went backstage. 演出结束後我们到後台去了. 用法:
3 [C esp sing 尤作单数] (fig 比喻) thing that screens, covers, protects, etc 掩蔽物; 覆盖物; 防护物:
a curtain of fog, mist, etc 一层雾幕、 薄雾等 *
A curtain of rain swept over the valley. 瓢泼大雨冲刷著这个谷地. *
the curtain of secrecy that hides the Government's intentions 掩盖政府意图的烟幕. 用法:
4 curtains [pl] ~s (for sb/sth) (infml) hopeless situation; the end 绝望的处境; 完蛋:
When I saw he had a gun, I knew it was curtains for me. 我一见到他拿著枪, 就知道这下子我算完了. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) ring up/down the curtain => ring2. curtain 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn] provide (a window, an alcove, etc) with a curtain or curtains 给（窗户、 凹室等）装上帘子:
curtained windows 挂窗帘的窗户 *
enough material to curtain all the rooms 够给所有的房间装上窗帘的布料. 用法:
2 (phr v) curtain sth off separate or divide sth with a curtain or curtains 把某物用帘幕隔开:
curtain off part of a room 把房间的一部分用布幔分隔开. |