curtain

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英 ['kɜːt(ə)n] 美['kɝtn]

释义

n. 幕；窗帘

vt. 遮蔽；装上门帘

词态变化

复数: curtains;

近义词

blind shutter shade purdah drape screen

中文词源

curtain 窗帘

curt, 同court, 庭院。后指挂布，窗帘。

英文词源

curtain: curtain: [13] Latin cortīna meant ‘round vessel, cauldron’, but in the 4th-century Vulgate we find it being used to translate Greek aulaía ‘curtain’. The reason for this considerable semantic leap seems to have been a link perceived to exist between Greek aulaía, a derivative of aulē ‘court’, and Latin cohort- ‘court’ (source of English court), although in fact there is no etymological connection between cohort- and cortīna. The word passed into Old French as cortine, and from there was acquired by English.
curtain (n.): c. 1300, from Old French cortine "curtain, tapestry, drape, blanket," from Late Latin cortina "curtain," but in classical Latin "round vessel, cauldron," from Latin cortem (older cohortem) "enclosure, courtyard" (see cohort). The confusion apparently begins in using cortina as a loan-translation for Greek aulaia ("curtain") in the Vulgate (to render Hebrew yeriah in Exodus xxvi:1, etc.) because the Greek word was connected to aule "court," perhaps because the "door" of a Greek house that led out to the courtyard was a hung cloth. The figurative sense in curtain call is from 1884. Curtains "the end" is 1912, originally from stage plays. An Old English word for "curtain" was fleonet "fly-net."

双语例句

1. I found myself behind a curtain, necking with my best friend'swife.: 我意识到自己在帘子后面吻着至友的妻子。

2. A curtain acted as a divider between this class and another.: 帘子作为分隔物将这间教室和另一间分开。

3. The shops also offer a keenly priced curtain-making service.: 这些商店也提供价格优惠的窗帘制作服务。

4. He saw something dark disappear behind the curtain of leaves.: 他看到一个黑漆漆的东西从浓密的树叶后消失了。

5. The curtain came down after the first act.: 第一幕过后，幕布落了下来。

英英释意

1. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

2. any barrier to communication or vision;: "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"

实用场景例句

a curtain of rain/smoke: 雨 / 烟幕

She pushed back the curtain of brown hair from her eyes.: 她把棕色的头发从眼前拢到脑后。

When I saw he had a gun, I thought it was curtains for me.: 我一见他有枪，就想这下子我算是完了。

His sudden decision to retire brought down the curtain on a distinguished career.: 他突然决定退休结束了他成就斐然的职业生涯。

We left just before the final curtain .: 我们刚好在演出结束前离开。

It was ten in the morning but the curtains were still drawn (= closed) .: 已是早上10点钟了，可窗帘还拉着。

a pair of curtains: 一对窗帘

a shower curtain: 淋浴帘

(figurative)The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career (= her career has ended) .: 她那漫长而成就卓著的事业生涯已告结束。

(figurative)It's time to face the final curtain (= the end; death) .: 人生的戏该落幕了。

The audience was waiting for the curtain to rise (= for the play to begin) .: 观众在等待开幕。

There was tremendous applause when the curtain came down (= the play ended) .: 幕落时响起了经久不息的掌声。

to draw/pull/close the curtains (= to pull them across the window so they cover it): 把窗帘拉上

to draw/draw back/pull back the curtains (= to open them, so that the window is no longer covered): 把窗帘拉开

The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.: 序曲将近结束时帷幕升起来了。

...a curtain of cigarette smoke...: 烟幕

He saw something dark disappear behind the curtain of leaves.: 他看到一个黑漆漆的东西从浓密的树叶后消失了。

Management changes are under way that will finally bring down the curtain on Lord Forte's extraordinary working life.: 正在进行的管理层变更将最终为福特勋爵辉煌的职业生涯画上句号。

Her bedroom curtains were drawn.: 她卧室的窗帘拉上了。

I'll be revenged on the whole lot of you for this.: 这个仇我是要报的,你们一个也逃不了.

The land is enveloped in a curtain of darkness.: 夜幕笼罩着大地.

Sunlight had discoloured the bright red curtain.: 日照使这朱红(色的)窗帘褪了色.

The curtain was yellow with age.: 窗帘因年久而呈现黄色.

He was carrying out the plan behind the curtain.: 他在秘密地执行那项计划.

The curtain fell to the loud applause of the audience.: 在观众热烈掌声中闭幕.

Corrupt officials always try to draw the curtain over their corruption.: 贪官污吏总是企图掩盖自己的腐败行为.

There's a floral pattern on the curtain.: 窗帘上有花卉图案.

The curtain went up.: 开演了.

考试真题

The curtains were never drawn, even at night, so guests got a view of the lake and fountains outside which were lit up at night – a very attractive sight.

词组搭配

bring down the curtain on

bring to an end

结束

her decision brought down the curtain on a glittering 30-year career.
她的决定结束了30年的灿烂生涯。